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Louis Nowra

ルイス・ノウラ

Ruisu Noura

Aliases: Mark Doyle

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950-12-12 （Melbourne, Victoria, Australia）
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Melbourne → Nowra → Sydney (Kings Cross)

Career

Occupations
Playwright, Screenwriter, Librettist, Author
Active Years
1973-2024
Affiliations
Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company
Influenced By
Patrick White
Nominations
Green Room Award Best New Australian Play (Language of the Gods), New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards (The Twelfth of Never), Miles Franklin Award (Ice)

Education

La Trobe University
Australian literature
Period: 1970年代初頭
Country: Australia
Dropped out

Awards

Australian Film Institute Award Best Adapted Screenplay
1996
Work: Cosi
Organization: Australian Film Institute
Result: Winner
NSW Premier's Literary Prize
1992
Work: Cosi
Organization: NSW Government
Result: Winner
Patrick White Award
2013
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Così

1992 Theatre

A group of mentally ill patients stage an opera.

Mental illnessLoveOpera
Adaptations
  • [Film] Cosi (1996)

Radiance

1993 Theatre

Story of Indigenous Australian women.

IndigenousLossRedemption
Adaptations
  • [Film] Radiance (1998)

Summer of the Aliens

1992 Theatre

Coming-of-age story involving aliens.

GrowthFantasyFamily

Bibliography

  • Kiss The One-Eyed Priest
  • Inner Voices
  • Visions
  • The Golden Age
  • Summer of the Aliens
  • Così
  • Radiance

Style & Themes

Literary Style
RealismSatirePoetic
Recurring Motifs
Family traumaIdentityAustralian society

Legacy

One of Australia's leading playwrights, with works performed by major theatre companies.

Archives

  • National Library of Australia

In Popular Culture

  • His plays adapted into films.

Trivia

  • Real name Mark Doyle; mother's family history involves killing her father.
  • Bisexual.
  • Married three times.