Jack Davis (playwright)

Jack Davis ( * March 14, 1917 in Yarloop, Western Australia, † March 17 2000 in Fremantle ) was an important Australian playwright and poet. He was himself an aboriginal tribe of the Noongar. Davis stood up for the rights of indigenous people and many of his works dealt with the experiences of Aborigines. He was designated as the excellent Aboriginal poets of the 20th century and many of his dramas are on the curriculum of Australian schools.

Works

Dramas

  • The Steal and the Stone ( 1972)
  • Kullark (1978)
  • The Dreamers (1983 )
  • No Sugar (1985 )
  • Honey Spot (1985 )
  • Moorli and the Leprechaun (1986 )
  • Barungin ( Smell the Wind ) ( 1988)
  • Plays from Black Australia ( 1989)
  • In Our Town ( 1990)
  • Rainmaker (1990 )
  • Widjarti (1990)

Poetry

  • The First -born and other poems (1970 )
  • Jagardoo: Poems from Aboriginal Australia ( 1978)
  • John Pat and Other Poems (1988 )
  • Black Life: poems (1992 )

Other

  • Jack Davis: A life - story ( 1988)
  • A Boy's Life (1991 )
  • Paperbark: A Collection of Black Australian Writings (1992 )

Footnotes

  • Author
  • Literature ( English )
  • Australian literature
  • Australian
  • Born 1917
  • Died in 2000
  • Man
Noongar people Integrated Authority File
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