Alex Buzo
Alex Buzo (born July 23, 1944 in Sydney , † August 16, 2006 ibid) was an Australian playwright and author .
Life
Buzo was born in Sydney on July 23, 1944 . He attended the Armidale School in Armidale , New South Wales and the International School in Geneva before studying at the University of New South Wales .
Career in the 1960s and 1970s
His first piece, Norm and Ahmed , is also his most important. It deals with racism and xenophobia , but mostly drew attention as several actors and director Graeme Blundell were charged with the use of profanity in the play. However, the prosecutor general overturned the charges.
Buzo, along with David Williamson and Jack Hibberd, became a leading force in the renaissance of Australian theater in the 1970s. Other well-known pieces by Buzo include: Rooted (1969), Macquarie: a Play (1971) and Coralie Lansdowne Says No (1974).
Later career
Later wrote books like Buzo Tautology , Real Men Do not Eat Quiche: Adapted for the Australian Male and A Dictionary Of The Almost Obvious and in 1999 the book Normie and Tuan that the problems of Australian identity after the fall of Pauline Hanson describes.
Alex Buzo died of lung cancer on August 16, 2006 . He was 62 years old.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alex Buzo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Study on Norm and Ahmed and Rooted by Terry Sturm ( Memento from July 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buzo, Alex |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian playwright and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 2006 |
| Place of death | Sydney |