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Angelo Loukakis is an Australian author. He was born in Australia, attended Fort Street High School, studied English Literature at the University of New South Wales, and acquired a Dip. Ed. from Sydney Teachers College and a Doctorate in Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney. He has worked as a teacher, editor, publisher and scriptwriter. Angelo Loukakis is the author of three novels: ''Messenger'', ''The Memory of Tides'', and ''Houdini's Flight''; two collections of short stories, as well as non-fiction work, such as a children's book on Greeks in Australia, a book on ancestry based on the Australian version of the television series Who Do You Think You Are? and a travel book on Norfolk Island. Angelo’s parents came from the island of Crete, Greece and his novel, ''The Memory of Tides'', which has as a backdrop the Battle of Crete, honours their generation. Of that novel he has said:
His collection of short stories ''For the Patriarch'' received a prize in the 1981 NSW Premier's Awards and was set on the NSW HSC syllabus between 1986 and 2001.〔http://www.harpercollins.com.au/author/index.aspx?authorid=50020105〕 In 1980 his film, ''Dancing'', was awarded a prize at the Melbourne Film Festival. Angelo is the Executive Director of the Australian Society of Authors (2010). == Bibliography == * *''The Greeks'' (Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981) *''Norfolk: An Island and Its People'' (Adelaide: Rigby, 1984) *''Vernacular Dreams'' (St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 1986) *''Messenger'' (Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin, 1992) *''The Memory of Tides'' (Pymble, N.S.W.: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006) *''Who Do You Think You Are?'' (Sydney, N.S.W.: Pan Macmillan, 2008) *''Houdini's Flight'' (Pymble, N.S.W.: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010) * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angelo Loukakis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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