Jack Davis

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Jack Davis


Born
in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
March 10, 1917

Died
March 17, 2000

Genre
Poetry, Theater



Jack Davis is better known as a poet and a playwright than as a writer of short stories. He has had four volumes of poems published and has written eight plays. His plays have toured both in Australia and overseas In 1991 his memoir, A Boy's Life, was published. He has been awarded several times for his contribution to the arts and for his welfare work among his own people. ...more

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Kullark (Home) & The dreamers
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The Dreamers
3.33 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
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A Boy's Life
3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions
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Barungin (Smell the Wind)
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Black Life: Poems
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Love Letters to the Monkees
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In Our Town (Currency Plays)
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