Gina Schien Gina Schien i(A33433 works by) (a.k.a. G. Schien)
Born: Established: 1960 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Gina Schien was born to parents from West Germany. She grew up in a migrant hostel in Maroubra, Sydney. Schien studied Professional Writing and Women's Literature as part of a Bachelor of Arts (Communications) degree at the New South Wales Institute of Technology. She has worked as a journalist at the National Times and wrote the text for the photography / travel book Billington's Sydney (2004).

Schien's short fiction has been published in several Australian journals and anthologies, and she interviewed women rock musicians for Missing in Action : Australian Popular Music in Perspective, Volume 1 (1987). Her play, 'Relative Comfort', was first performed at the New Theatre, Sydney, in 1999. Another of her plays, 'Charlie's Window', was performed at the Newtown Theatre, Sydney in 2007.

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Notes

  • Author writes in these languages: ENGLISH

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon The Clerk Ascending 2010 Australia : ABC Radio National , 2010 Z1826992 2010 single work radio play fantasy 'Bill Erdman works at 'Long and Associates'. He's a good employee but he does have a rather unique problem. His colleagues are aware of his 'situation' and do their best not to aggravate Bill's already embarrassing problem of floating to the ceiling should anyone say the word trombone. The only problem is no-one told new employee Andrew Jones.' (ABC Radio National website)
2011 winner AWGIE Awards — Radio Award — Original
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