Luke Davies
Luke Davies (born March 13, 1962 in Sydney ) is an Australian novelist, poet and screenwriter .
Life
Luke Davies grew up in West Pymble , a suburb of Sydney. Davies began writing poetry at the age of 13 . He studied art at the University of Sydney . His first work Four plots for magnets Glandular appeared in 1982 while he was still a student. He was addicted to heroin in the 1980s. This period, which he describes today as the “dark phase”, shaped his writing style. He processed his experiences with addiction in the novels Candy and Isabelle the Navigator as well as in numerous of his poems. In addition to his writing activities, Davies worked in various professions, such as a truck driver, teacher and journalist . In 1994 his poetry collection Absolute Event Horizon was published , for which he was nominated for the National Book Council Poetry Prize in 1995. He won the Judith Wright Poetry Prize in 2000 with his collection of poems Running With Light .
In 2004 he received the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writers' Festival. He also wrote the script for Candy . The film about the heroin addict Candy and a poet in love with her was filmed in 2006 under the title Candy - Reise der Engel by Neil Armfield (co-writer of the screenplay). In 2012, he won the Australian Prime Minister's Literature Prize for his collection of poems Interferon Psalms .
Luke Davies wrote the screenplay for Lion, based on the autobiographical novel A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley . At the 2017 Academy Awards , he received a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay . In late June 2017, Davies became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
Works
- Novels
- Candy Sydney: Allen & Unwin Publishers 1997
- Isabelle the Navigator . Sydney: Allen & Unwin Publishers 2000
- God of Speed , Sydney: Allen and Unwin 2008
- Poetry collections
- Four Plots for Magnets . Glandular Press 1982. ISBN 0-9594130-3-0
- Absolute event horizon . Angus & Robertson 1994. ISBN 0-207-18402-X
- Running with Light . Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1999. ISBN 1-86508-012-8
- Totem: Totem Poem plus 40 Love Poems . Sydney: Allen & Unwin 2004. ISBN 1-74114-348-9
- Interferon psalms: 33 Psalms on the 99 Names of God . Sydney: Allen & Unwin 2011. ISBN 978-1-74237-034-7
- Four Plots for Magnets . Pitt Street Poetry 2013. ISBN 978-1-922080-12-7
Filmography (selection)
- 2006: Candy - Journey of the Angels (Candy)
- 2009: Air (short film)
- 2014: Reclaim - At your own risk (Reclaim)
- 2015: Life
- 2016: Lion - The Long Way Home (Lion)
- 2018: Beautiful Boy
- 2019: Catch-22 (TV series, creator)
- 2019: Angel of Mine
Web links
- Luke Davies in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Luke Davies: Candy (blurb) . Random House, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4464-9901-6 , pp. 2 .
- ↑ a b Luke Davies: Naked. Lyrikline.org, accessed February 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Love in the time of poetry. theage.com.au, August 21, 2004; accessed February 2, 2017 .
- ↑ LUKE DAVIES: FOUR PLOTS FOR MAGNETS. Pittstreetpoetry.com, accessed February 2, 2017 .
- ^ Adam Chitwood: Oscars Break Record with 774 New Member Invites, Including Jordan Peele & Gal Gadot In: collider.com, June 28, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davies, Luke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian novelist, poet and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , Australia |