Angelo Loukakis further literary papers, 1976-2021

MLMSS 12069

fonds

1976-2021

Textual Records, Clippings, Photographs

9673880

2.24 metres of textual material (14 boxes) - typescript, manuscript

Angelo Loukakis (1951- ) is an Australian author, born in Sydney to Greek parents. He attended Fort Street High School, studied English literature at the University of New South Wales, acquired a Diploma of Education from Sydney Teachers College and a Doctorate in Creative Arts from the University of Technology Sydney. He has worked as a writer of fiction, teacher, scriptwriter, editor and publisher.

Loukakis is significant as a first-generation Greek-Australian writer who, during the 1970s, publicly challenged the notion of ‘Australianess’ in the national literature. He rejected a ‘phony branch of ethnic writing’ and insisted that immigrant voices, including his own, belonged in the mainstream.

In addition to his creative work, Loukakis has been a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council (1985–87), founding Chair of the NSW Writers' Centre (1991), and was Executive Director of the Australian Society of Authors (2010–16). His collection of short stories 'For the Patriarch' won the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and was featured on the HSC syllabus from 1986 to 2001.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Material has been in the creator's ongoing custody and was offered directly to the Library by the creator.

BOX 1

Story collection, 'For the Patriarch', 1981:
Folder 1: Correspondence from Queensland University Press, agent Rosemary Cresswell and others. Original author typescript, background notes, launch speech at Cyprus-Hellenic Club, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, 1976-1981
Folder 2: HSC Exams 1996-1999, English papers, prescribed text and exam questions. Anthology inclusions of 'Anastasia Panos' and 'Barbeque, 1985-1999
Folder 3: Untapped Heritage project for 2022 reissue, Ligature Press contract and related correspondence, 2020-2021

Primary Social Studies text, 'The Greeks' 1981:
Folder 4: The Greeks, First author handwritten draft material for Hodder Australia series and copy of first author typescript, 1981
Folder 5: Letter to Greece, with proposal to Cinecorp, October-November 1984

Novel, 'Messenger', 1992:
Folder 6: Correspondence between Penguin and author, 1990-1992
Folder 7: Early and first draft material and notes for 'An Early Form of Life', then 'The Spirit Trade', 1990-1992
Folder 8: First draft as 'An Early Form of Life', 1990-1992
Folder 9: Second draft as 'The Spirit Trade', 1990-1992

BOX 2

Novel, 'Messenger', 1992:
Folder 1: Edit of The Spirit Trade, 1990-1992
Folder 2: First typeset pages as 'The Spirit Trade', including Angelo Loukakis corrections, 1990-1992
Folder 3: Second, final typeset pages as 'Messenger', 1990-1992
Folder 4: Photographs of book signing, Abbeys Bookshop, Sydney, 1993

BOX 3

'The Memory of Tides', 2007:
Folder 1: First handwritten draft material, editorial notes
Folder 2: Early handwritten drafts
Folder 3: Author typescript draft, editorial report and queries, October 2005
Folder 4: Author typescript draft, final

BOX 4

'The Memory of Tides', 2007:
Folder 1: First typeset pages, author and editorial corrections
Folder 2: Second typescript pages
Folder 3: Final typeset draft with author corrections
Folder 4: Reprint 2007, media notice and launch speech, August 2007

BOX 5

Novel, 'Houdini's Flight', 2010:
Folder 1: Early notes, background research, launch speech, 1991-1992, 2010
Folder 2: First synopsis, draft material, film outline, 1992
Folder 3: First author typescript draft and editorial queries, 23 June 2008
Folder 4: Second author typescript draft and editorial queries, February 2009
Notebooks 1 to 4, 2006-2008

BOX 6

Novel, 'Houdini's Flight', 2010:
Folder 1: Edit of author's second draft including corrections by the author, November 2009
Folder 2: First typeset of second author draft with additional edits, 27 November 2009
Folder 3: Typeset draft for proofing, 1 April 2010
Folder 4: Typeset draft for proofing, including author's final correspondence, 4 April 2010

BOX 7

Television and Short Film Scripts, Drama and Script Editorial:
'The Girl from Steel City', episodes 1-19, 1984-1986

BOX 8

Television and Short Film Scripts, Drama, Documentary and Script Editorial:
Folder 1: 'The Girl from Steel City', episodes 21-31, 1986-1987
Folder 2: 'The Girl from Steel City', second series papers
Folder 3: 'Dancing', based on author's own story. Shooting script and shooting schedule 1980, for AFTRS, produced, 1979-1980
Folder 4: 'Doherty', based on author's own story. Script for TV play, SBS Experimental Playhouse, Trout Films 1984, including correspondence, produced, 1984
Folder 5: 'Family Assorted', treatment for drama-comedy series based on the story ‘Family Assorted’ in 'For the Patriarch' and episode outlines, unproduced, July 1987
Folder 6: 'Quest', 1984

BOX 9

Theartre Scripts:
Folder 1: 'Enemy Aliens', script for Sydney Theatre Company, ‘Dead Authors Subsidise the Living’ development grant project, 1982, unproduced, and script for primary schools' theatre-in education, for Toe Truck Theatre, produced, 1984
Folder 2: 'The Siege of Mohammed's Academy', script for primary schools' theatre-in education, for Toe Truck Theatre, unproduced, 1982-1983
Folder 3: 'My Father the Weightlifter', for Theatre South/Carnivale-Festival of Sydney 1994, produced, 1994
Folder 4: 'Wound Sites', script for multi-authored piece, 'The Wound', for Greek Festival of Sydney, 1999, including disks, program listing, contract, produced, 1998-1999
Folder 5: 'Karagiozis in Australia!', English language scripts, both handwritten and typescript, for Greek puppet theatre, unproduced, probably 1980s

BOX 10

Theartre Scripts:
Folder 1: 'Nixi's New World', draft, 1990-1991

Angelo Loukakis Pty Ltd Publishing Consultancy and Editorial work:
Folder 2: ABC Books, Chris Masters, 'Jonestown', 2004-2006
Folder 3: ABC Books, George Whaley, 'Leo McKern', 2003-2006
Folder 4: Robert Adamson, memoir and poetry, 2002
Folder 5: Harper Collins, Richard Hall, 'Gough Whitlam' biography, 2001-2002
Folder 6: Pluto Press, Wayne Swan MP, 'Postcodes' manuscript, 2004
Folder 7: Harper Collins, Gerald Stone, 'Singo, the John Singleton Story', probably 2001
Folder 8: Harper Collins, Hon. Peter Beattie and Angelo Loukakis, 'Making a Difference', 2003-2005
Folder 9: BookPros Inc., Author Development Proposal, 2002
Folder 10: Book ideas, various authors, 2003-2005
Folder 11: Unpublished stories, 1986
Folder 12: Ann Pender, 'One Man Show', Barry Humphries biography, 2009
Folder 13: Angelo Loukakis, Commissioning activities, 2002-2005
Folder 14: Angelo Loukakis, Freelance Journalism, source listings
Folder 15: Photographs of launch of 'My Congenials, Letters of Miles Franklin' launch at Brindabella for Harper Collins, 1994

BOX 11

Lectures:
Folder 1: Lectures, talks, launches, 1991-2011
Folder 2: Residential Editorial Program, 2002

Interviews:
Folder 3: Clippings of interviews of Angelo Loukakis, 1981-2011
Notebook 1: Gleebooks book launch events, questions for Frank Moorehouse, Richard Drewe, 2011, 2012

Draft notes:
Notebook 2: Essays, 'Café Scheherazade' and 'Elsewhere Islands', 2015

Anthology contributions:
Folder 4: John Dale, 'Car Crazy', published as 'Car Lovers'
Folder 5: George Papaellinas and Helen Addison-Smith, 'Mumma: Recipes and Stories from My Mother's Kitchen', 2003
Folder 6: Lex Marinos and David Headon, 'League of a Nation', 1995-1996
Folder 7: Yoryis Yatromanolakis, 'History', proposed English translation from Greek, 1983-1984

BOX 12

Print reviews of works, publicity:
Folder 1: 'For the Patriarch', 'Meanjin Quarterly', 1976-1992
Folder 2: 'Messenger', 1992-1993
Folder 3: 'The Memory of Tides', 2006
Folder 4: 'Vernacular Dreams', 1986-1987
Folder 5: 'Houdini's Flight', 2010-2011
Folder 6: 'Who Do You Think You Are?', 2008

Incoming correspondence, literary related:
Folder 7: Publishers, 1983-1996
Envelope 1: Publishers, authors, editors
Envelope 2: Various
Envelope 3: Tony Maniaty
Envelope 4: Helen Garner
Envelope 5: Bill Hayden MP
Envelope 6: Patrick White

Incoming correspondence, other:
Envelope 7: Fan letters and cards, including from Jim Kable, Sophie Masson, Roger Pulvers, Elizabeth Gertsakis
Envelope 8: Politicians' letters and cards including from Kim Carr, Greg Combet, Kate Lundy, Bob Carr, Bob Debus, Mick Young

Deaths of people known to Angelo Loukakis:
Envelope 9: Death notices and Order of Service, including Robert Adamson, Peter Corris, Rosemary Creswell, Richard Hall, Adele Horin, Frank Moorhouse, Irene Stevens, Andrea Stretton, Gough Whitlam

BOX 13

Organisational Work including as committee member, consultant, panellist, judge:
Folder 1: Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship, 1990-1996, 2016
Folder 2: Writers' Festivals, 1986-2015
Folder 3: NSW Premier's Literary Awards, 1992, 2014-2021
Folder 4: Various including Examiner's Report for PhD Thesis, 2014-2015

BOX 14

Organisational Work including as committee member, consultant, panellist, judge:
Folder 1: Books in Homes Australia, 2014-2015
Folder 2: Varuna, the Writer's House, 2018-2021
Folder 3: Sydney Olympic Park Authority Arts Advisory Committee, 2006
Folder 4: Western Sydney University Whitlam Institute, What Matters? competition, 2017-2018
Folder 5: Australian Society of Authors, 2006-2015
Folder 6: Sydney PEN, 2015-2016
Folder 7: University of Queensland Press Bicentennial Project, 1981-1982

NSW Writers' Centre:
Folder 8: Proposals and correspondence regarding establishment between Australian Society of Authors, Australia Council, NSW Ministry for the Arts, 1986-1991
Folder 9: Photographs of events at NSW Writers' Centre, Garry Owen House, September 1991-March 1995
Folder 10: 'Newswrite' newsletter Issues 1-10, 1991-1992

Multicultural Education:
Folder 11: South-West Sydney Community Youth Support Scheme, English as a Second Language project officer, 1976-1977
Folder 12: Sydney Teacher's College, consultant and lecturer, 1978-1979
Folder 13: Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition for Primary Students, 2002

English, Greek, Modern (1453- )

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