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Louis Nowra is an Australian writer, playwright, screenwriter and librettist. He is known for his plays Così, Radiance, The Golden Age and his novel Ice, among others.
Dec 14, 2022 · Louis Nowra’s inspired biography of Sydney starts with a surprise visit to the city. He grew up in a housing commission estate in Melbourne.
Nov 17, 2022 · Meet Louis Nowra, a Melbournian whose heart was found and healed in his adopted Sydney, the city he has just written a 500-page “biography” about. Having spent the past 40 or more years here, and...
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Louis Nowra (born 12 December 1950) is an Australian writer, playwright, screenwriter and librettist. His most significant plays are Così, Byzantine Flowers, Summer of the Aliens, Radiance, and The Golden Age.
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Louis Nowra joins Gerard Henderson & The Sydney Institute members.Recorded 12/7/230:00 Intro0:58 Louis Nowra34:11 Q&A
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Louis Nowra was born in Melbourne and studied at La Trobe University without taking a degree. Nowra worked at several jobs and lived an itinerant lifestyle until the mid-1970s when his plays began to attract attention.
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Dec 2, 2022 · Louis Nowra fell in love with Sydney “as only someone who wasn’t born there could”. Louise Kennerley. Sydney is shown to be an extroverted character, with undercurrents of sensuality, grit, and corruption, an identity sustained by an extraordinary compendium of characters.