Mary Anne Butler is an Australian playwright living in Darwin in the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

. In 2016 she won the $100,000

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Government with the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry. As of 2013, it is reportedly Australia's richest literary p ...

for literature for her play ''Broken''. It was the first time a script had won the award. ''Broken'' also won a Northern Territory Literary Award for best playscript in 2014. In June 2014, Butler was awarded a

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to study theatre practice in Dublin, Ireland.

Bibliography

* 2014 - ''Broken'' * 2014 - ''Highway of Lost Hearts'' * 2012 - ''Hopetown'' * 2010 - ''Dragons'' * 2009 - ''Half Way There''

References

External links

Official website
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian women dramatists and playwrights {{Australia-writer-stub