Luke Davies
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Luke Davies is an Australian writer of novels, poetry and screenplays, born in Sydney
in 1962.
Davies' first poetry collection, Four Plots for Magnets, was published in 1982, when he was twenty.
His novel Candy
was made into a film
starring Heath Ledger
in 2006. His other works include the novels Isabelle the Navigator and God of Speed, and several volumes of poetry - Four Plots for Magnets, Absolute Event Horizon, Running With Light and Totem.
Davies' brother Ben Davies, an Australian television producer, now teaches at Armidale Film and Television School in NSW, Australia. Youngest brother Felix Davies, is a Sound Recordist and Composer, residing in the United Kingdom.
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in 1962.
Davies' first poetry collection, Four Plots for Magnets, was published in 1982, when he was twenty.
His novel Candy
Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction
-Plot introduction:In Luke Davies' Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction, the unnamed narrator falls in love with Candy, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle... and his love of heroin...
was made into a film
Candy (2006 film)
Candy is a 2006 Australian romantic drama film, adapted from Luke Davies's novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction. Candy was directed by debut film-maker Neil Armfield and stars Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush....
starring Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career...
in 2006. His other works include the novels Isabelle the Navigator and God of Speed, and several volumes of poetry - Four Plots for Magnets, Absolute Event Horizon, Running With Light and Totem.
Davies' brother Ben Davies, an Australian television producer, now teaches at Armidale Film and Television School in NSW, Australia. Youngest brother Felix Davies, is a Sound Recordist and Composer, residing in the United Kingdom.
Awards and nominations
- 1995: Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize Shortlisted for Absolute Event Horizon
- 1998: A Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer of the Year
- 2000: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Judith Wright Poetry Prize for Running With Light
- 2004: The Age Poetry Book of the Year for Totem
- 2004: Overall Age Book of the Year for Totem
- 2004: Grace Leven Prize for PoetryGrace Leven Prize for PoetryThe Grace Leven Prize for Poetry is an annual award given in the name of Grace Leven who died in 1922. It was established by William Baylebridge who "made a provision for an annual poetry prize in memory of 'my benefactress Grace Leven' and for the publication of his own work"...
for Totem - 2004: Philip Hodgins Memorial MedalPhilip HodginsPhilip Ian Hodgins was a prize-winning Australian poet whose work appeared in such major publications as The New Yorker. Peter Rose called him 'probably the most loved [Australian] poet of his generation', noting that 'his admirers ranged from... Alan Hollinghurst to Ron Barassi and Peter Porter...
at the Mildura Writer's Festival - 2006: South Australian Premier's Awards, John Bray Poetry Award for Totem
Novels
- CandyCandyCandy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...
(Allen & Unwin Publishers, Sydney 1997) - CandyCandyCandy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...
(Vintage Books, London 1998) - Candy: A Novel of Love and AddictionCandy: A Novel of Love and Addiction-Plot introduction:In Luke Davies' Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction, the unnamed narrator falls in love with Candy, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle... and his love of heroin...
(Ballantine Books, New York 1998) ISBN 0345423879 (note: Davies made small but significant changes to the US and UK editions; he considers that the Australian edition, second edition and afterwards, is the definitive version.) - Isabelle the Navigator (Allen & Unwin Publishers, Sydney 2000)
- Isabelle the Navigator (Berkley Books, New York 2002) ISBN 0425186040
- God of Speed (Allen and Unwin, 2008), about Howard Hughes
Poetry
- Four plots for magnets (Glandular Press, 1982) ISBN 0959413030
- Absolute event horizon : poems (Angus & Robertson, 1994) ISBN 020718402X
- Running with light : poems (Allen & Unwin, 1999) ISBN 1865080128
- Totem : Totem poem plus 40 love poems (Allen & Unwin, 2004) ISBN 1741143489 Review
External links
- Luke Davies' Agent
- http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23409115-5012694,00.html Profile on Davies in The Australian Weekend Magazine, March 2008