Louis Nowra

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Louis Nowra (12 December 1950 - ) is one of Australia's most acclaimed and prolific artists. A writer, playwright, screenwriter and librettist, Nowra is famous for such plays as Così, Byzantine Flowers, Summer of the Aliens, Radiance, and The Golden Age. He has recently completed a major trilogy for Griffin Theatre Company: The Woman with Dog's Eyes, The Marvellous Boy and The Emperor of Sydney.

Born the 12th December 1950, in Melbourne, Australia. Louis Nowra studied at Melbourne's La Trobe University without earning a degree. He worked several jobs and lived an itinerant lifestyle until the mid-1970s when his plays began to attract attention.

His non-fiction works include 'The Cheated' (Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1979) and 'Warne's World' (Duffy & Snellgrove, Australia, 2002). He has also written four novels: The Misery of Beauty (Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1976), Palu (Picador, Australia, 1987), Red Nights (Picador, Australia, 1997), Abaza (Picador, Australia, 2001) and two memoirs, The Twelfth of Never (Picador, Australia, 1999) and Shooting the Moon (Picador, Australia, 2004).

Some of his radio plays include Albert Names Edward, The Song Room, The Widows, Sydney and The Divine Hammer.

Nowra has been studied extensively in Veronica Kelly's work 'The Theatre of Louis Nowra'.

He currently resides in Sydney, Australia.

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