Glenn Perry is an Australian writer and opera librettist. He is notable for his librettos for

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's operas ''Fresh Ghosts'' (1997) and ''The Possessed'' (2003). Perry received a grant in 2002 from the

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for the writing of ''The Obsessed''. He wrote the libretto for the operatic version of

Helen Garner Helen Garner (née Ford, born 7 November 1942) is an Australian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garner's first novel, ''Monkey Grip (novel), Monkey Grip'', published in 1977, immediately established her as an origina ...

's novella ''

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''. For this work, Perry received the 2007 RE Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Award. He has also adapted Australian children's author Morris Gleitzman's book ''Second Childhood'' for the stage. In 2012, he adapted Dostoevsky’s The Gambler into a radio drama ''The Roulettenburg.'' He currently teaches English as a Second Language at Monash College.

References

External links

The Playwrights Database (Julian Oddy)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perry, Glenn Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian opera librettists Australian male dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Australian dramatists and playwrights