Joanna Murray-Smith | |
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| Occupation | Playwright, Screenwriter, Novelist |
| Nationality | Australian |
Born April 17, 1962 in Mornington, Victoria. Father Stephen Murray Smith, journalist, & founder of the literary journalOverland. Mother Polish Jewish refugee Nita Bluthel.
Graduated from Melbourne University with a BAHons
Librettist for the opera Love in the Age of Therapy, written with Melbourne composer, Paul Grabowsky
Her most successful play to date,Honour, was first read at the New York Stage and Film Festival in 1995 by Meryl Streep, Sam Waterson and Kyra Sedgwick" [1] and has since been performed in over two dozen countries, including productions on Broadway and at London's Royal National Theatre.[2]
angry young penguins about the Ern Malley affair.
based on a real life intruder who entered Germains Greer's home and threatened her.
husband Raymond, son Sam & son ??
Works
editNovels
edit1994 Truce
2002 Judgement Rock
2005 Sunnyside (longlisted for 2006 Miles Franklin)
Plays
editAtlanta
2004 Bombshells
Flame
1995 Honour
1993 Love Child
2007 Nightfall
Rapture
Redemption
Ridge's Lovers
Angry Young Penguins
2006 The Female of the Species
Awards
editLouis Esson Prize for Drama 2003 (Premier's Literary Awards) for Rapture Southbank Pacific Prize for Drama 1996 for her play Honour (Premier's Literary Awards)
External Links
edit2002, Joanna Murray-Smith, On lighthouses and writing - transcript of a presentation given at the National Archives of Australia
2006, Thy On, Intruder ransacks feminist agenda - Review of The Female of the Species
http://thenakednovelist.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=90265 - interview TNN.mp3 http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/storms-in-a-bass-strait-teacup/2005/09/01/1125302674805.html