Louis Nowra
Auteur van Into That Forest
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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Werken van Louis Nowra
Far North 4 exemplaren
Boyce Trilogy: The Woman with Dog's Eyes, The Marvellous Boy, The Emperor of Sydney (2007) 3 exemplaren
Bad Dreaming 2 exemplaren
Golden Age, The 1 exemplaar
Albert Names Edward 1 exemplaar
Far North. Radio play [CD]. 1 exemplaar
The language of the gods 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Nowra, Louis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Doyle, Mark (birth name)
- Geboortedatum
- 1950-12-12
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Australia
- Geboorteplaats
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Woonplaatsen
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Opleiding
- La Trobe University
- Beroepen
- writer
playwright
librettist
screenwriter
radio scriptwriter - Relaties
- Sayer, Mandy (wife)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Honorary Doctorate (Griffith University)
Patrick White Award (2013) - Agent
- HLA Management Australia
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- Ook door
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- Leden
- 559
- Populariteit
- #44,693
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 23
- ISBNs
- 84
- Talen
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