Louis Nowra
Autore di Into That Forest
Sull'Autore
Louis Nowra was born on December 12, 1950 in Melbourne. He is best known as one of Australia's leading playwrights. His works have been performed by all of Australia's major theatre companies. His most significant plays are Così, Radiance, Byzantine Flowers, Summer of the Aliens and The Golden mostra altro Age. In 2006 he completed The Boyce Trilogy for Griffin Theatre Company, consisting of The Woman with Dog's Eyes, The Marvellous Boy and The Emperor of Sydney. His 2009 novel Ice was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. His script for 1996 movie Cosi, which revolves around a group of mentally ill patients who put on a play, won the Australian Film Institute Award that year for Best Adapted Screenplay. Nowra's work as a scriptwriter also includes a credit on the comedy The Matchmaker and the Vincent Ward romance Map of the Human Heart, which was invited to the Cannes Film Festival. His title, Prince of Afghanistan, made the Indie Awards 2016 shortlist in the Young Adult category. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Louis Nowra
Far North 4 copie
Bad Dreaming 2 copie
Golden Age, The 1 copia
Albert Names Edward 1 copia
Far North. Radio play [CD]. 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Nowra, Louis
- Altri nomi
- Doyle, Mark (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1950-12-12
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Luogo di nascita
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Luogo di residenza
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Istruzione
- La Trobe University
- Attività lavorative
- writer
playwright
librettist
screenwriter
radio scriptwriter - Relazioni
- Sayer, Mandy (wife)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Honorary Doctorate (Griffith University)
Patrick White Award (2013) - Agente
- HLA Management Australia
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 44
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 565
- Popolarità
- #44,255
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 23
- ISBN
- 85
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 2
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