New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1988) Winner
Alma De Groen
アルマ・ド・グローエン
Aruma do Gurōen
Aliases:
Alma Margaret Mathers
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1941-09-05 （Manawatū, New Zealand）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New Zealand, Manawatū → New Zealand, Mangakino → Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Playwright, Screenwriter, Dramaturg
- Active Years
- 1972-2024
- Affiliations
- Australian National Playwrights' Conference
- Influenced By
- Brian Syron, Richard Wherrett
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | AWGIE Award | Man of Letters | Television Adaptation | Australian Writers' Guild | 受賞 |
| 1988 | NSW Premier's Literary Award | The Rivers of China | — | NSW Government | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Victorian Premier's Literary Award Louis Esson Prize for Drama | The Rivers of China | Drama | Victorian Government | 受賞 |
| 1993 | AWGIE Award | The Girl Who Saw Everything | Stage | Australian Writers' Guild | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Patrick White Award | — | — | Australian Society of Authors | 受賞 |
AWGIE Award
1985
Work:
Man of Letters
Category:
Television Adaptation
Organization:
Australian Writers' Guild
Result:
受賞
NSW Premier's Literary Award
1988
Work:
The Rivers of China
Organization:
NSW Government
Result:
受賞
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Louis Esson Prize for Drama
1988
Work:
The Rivers of China
Category:
Drama
Organization:
Victorian Government
Result:
受賞
AWGIE Award
1993
Work:
The Girl Who Saw Everything
Category:
Stage
Organization:
Australian Writers' Guild
Result:
受賞
Patrick White Award
1998
Organization:
Australian Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (1998) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Rivers of China
1987 DramaA feminist play featuring Katherine Mansfield.
FeminismFemale identity
The Woman in the Window
Philosophical science-fiction dramaMasterpiece featuring Anna Akhmatova.
PhilosophyHistory
The Sweatproof Boy
1972 DramaHer first play.
Bibliography
- The Sweatproof Boy
- The Joss Adams Show
- Perfectly All Right
- The After-Life of Arthur Cravan
- Chidley
- Going Home
- Vocations
- The Rivers of China
- The Girl Who Saw Everything
- Wildheart
- The Woman in the Window
- Wicked Sisters
- Going Home (TV adaptation)
- Rafferty's Rules episode
- Man of Letters
- Singles episode
- After Marcuse
- Available Light (radio)
- Invisible Sun (radio)
- Stories in the Dark (radio)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Pioneer of Australian second-wave feminism in dramaExperimental drama
- Recurring Motifs
- Women's perspectivesReinterpretation of historical figuresPhilosophical science-fiction
Legacy
Pioneer of Australian feminist playwrighting, first recipient of the Patrick White Award, known for works like The Rivers of China and The Woman in the Window, significantly influencing Australian theatre.
Archives
- Australian Defence Force Academy
Trivia
- Born in New Zealand, became an Australian playwright.
- Moved to Australia in 1964.
- First recipient of the Patrick White Award.