Gina Lennox Gina Lennox i(A72125 works by)
Born: Established: 1956 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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Gina Lennox studied a Bachelor of Science degree at Sydney University. In 1980-81, after working for two years in ABC television, she went on a motorbike ride from London to India and back through Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, from which time she had a love of the Middle East. Afterwards she worked as a freelance film maker, as a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL), Science and Creative Writing (including positions at Mulawa Correctional Centre and for asylum seekers, youth at risk, etc).

She began producing radio programs and writing books based on oral history in 1992, and has one performed play to her credit: Nowroz - co-written with Kurdish writer, Barzou Ismael - a theatre play of two worlds inspired by a legend of a tyrant and a blacksmith, rehearsed and performed at a public reading by seven professional NESB actors at Riverside Theatre Parramatta on 9 November 2002, directed by Mishline Jamal and funded by NSW Ministry of the Arts.

As an interviewer and producer, she compiled twelve feature documentaries for ABC Radio National - 'That's History' and 'Hindsight' (1993-1996); the subjects of some of these were from her published, literary non-fiction books.

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y separately published work icon Fire, Snow and Honey : Voices from Kurdistan : Essays, Life Stories, Poems, Short Fiction and Fables Contributed by People from Kurdistan Rushcutters Bay : Halstead Press , 2001 Z1206163 2001 anthology poetry biography essay short story interview The texts are from interviews with and writing by Australian-Kurds from all parts of Kurdistan, portraying the history, culture, religions, life and struggles of the Kurdish people, and their refugee experience.
2002 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's History Prize New South Wales History Prize General History Prize
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