Luke Icarus Simon

Luke Icarus Simon (born 1963) is an Australian author, poet, actor, playwright and screenplay writer.[1]

Contents
Life
Works
References
External links

Life
Simon was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, and immigrated to Sydney in 1974.[2]

He made his professional theatre debut in 1980 aged 16, starring in Greek Theatre Workshop/Sidetrack
Theatre's joint production of Antigone at Sydney's Seymour Centre. He is an Honors graduate in Australian
Literature and Drama from the University of Sydney, where he performed in productions with Sydney
University Dramatic Society (SUDS) including improvised live theatre in a weekly continuing role. Whilst still
an undergraduate he began to have his short stories published in the University of Sydney's magazine, The
Union Recorder. He went on to study with Australian acting and voice teachers including Gale Edwards, Nick
Enright, Dean Carey, Kevin Jackson, Lyn Pierse and Bill Pepper.[1] He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in
Adult Education from the University of Technology, Sydney and a master's degree in education from the
University of Wollongong.

Since graduation, he has worked in theatre (including 8 plays for Interplay), television (making his debut in the
SBS TV series The Girl From Steel City), commercials (including campaigns for Telstra, Agree Hair
Shampoo), training films, voiceovers (including campaigns for McDonald's, Citysearch.com.au) and feature
films (Luigi's Ladies directed by Judy Morris, and AFTRS's Prima Nata. He was part of the cast of Breaking
the Code at Marian St Theatre alongside theatre actor John Krummel. He had his first play, Urban Tales of
Utter Devotion presented by Griffin Theatre's D Week in 1987, then wrote and starred in Fish Wednesday at
Belvoir St Theatre.[1] Fish Wednesday was lauded as the Critics' Choice play by the Sydney Morning
Herald.[3] His third play Sir was staged at the Griffin Theatre Company's Stables in 1993.

He has more than 40 professional writing credits, including plays, screenplays, student films, teleplays (three
for SBS TV and a final-year film for the Australian Film Television and Radio School, Schism, in which he
also starred), an e-novel, short stories and poems published in anthologies and literary journals in Australia,[4]
the United States,[5] Canada & Greece.[1] His poems and short stories have been published in Antipodes
(USA), Southerly, Overland, Mattoid, Westerly, The Australian[6] Social Alternatives, Famous Reporter,
Hobo, Akti (Greece), Outrider, Penguin's Australian Writing Now and other journals. His first poetry
collection, Latin, was published by Picaro Press[7] in 2011 and his second The Transit of Cancer in 2014.His
other books include a short story collection, Lost In The Last Divided Capital in 2016 and The Gospel of the
Fallen:New and Selected poems 1996-2016.

He was runner-up for the Terry Bell Memorial Prize with his story Apricots.
In 2006, his poem Father Was a Businessman was featured in the Sydney Writers' Festival as part of Redroom
Company's Cabinet of Lost & Found exhibition.[8]

Since 1997, he has also published literary criticism articles in the field of Australian poetry, fiction and drama
mostly in the English Teachers journal Metaphor. Simon has also worked as a script editor and copywriter for
a number of film companies.

He has also written, starred, co-produced and directed the 35mm short film, My Stamp Collection. The film
was Highly Commended at the Cancer Council Victoria Arts Awards, toured regional galleries in Victoria, and
was acquired by ABC-TV[9] for an exclusive three-year broadcast commencing in March 2009. The film was
broadcast five times on the national television network's channels, ABC1 and ABC2. The film has since been
released for public viewing[10]

Works
Fred S. Moramarco; Al Zolynas, eds. (2004). "Ravine". The poetry of men's lives: an
international anthology (https://books.google.com/books?id=paafAOFS4aMC&pg=PA118&lpg=
PA118&dq=luke+icarus+simon&source=bl&ots=iiOBOEEgdC&sig=50wafqpl9_3ilrhyL7pMi_yF
gL8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_Jz6Tt7xG-eIsQLVyJ2tAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q
=luke%20icarus%20simon&f=false). University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2649-8.
Michael Gow's Plays: A Thematic Approach,[11] Sydney : Currency Press, 1991, ISBN 0-
86819-280-5
The Little Book On How To Stop Smoking[12]. Cambria, Antonino, 2000, ISBN 978-1-876454-
03-6
My Stamp Collection(Film),[10][13] 2006
Latin,[14][15] Warners Bay, N.S.W.: Picaro Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-921691-24-9
The Transit of Cancer,[16][17] 2013 ISBN 978-0-994518224
Fish Wednesday(Playwright),[18] Australian Script Centre
SIR(Playwright),[19] Australian Script Centre
Lost in the Last Divided Capital,[20] 2014, ISBN 978-0-994518200
The Gospel of the Fallen:New and Selected Poems 1996-2016,[21] ISBN 978-0-994518248

References
1. http://redroomcompany.org/poet/luke-icarus-simon/
2. http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=AYX
3. Bob Evans, Sydney Morning Herald 13 April 1990
4. "Works by Luke Icarus Simon on austlit.edu.au" (http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A3509?
mainTabTemplate=agentWorksBy).
5. The Poetry of Men's Lives Edited by Zolynas and Moramarco
6. The Australian newspaper 4 July 2009
7. picaropress.com
8. " "Father Was A Businessman", The Cabinet of Lost and Found" (http://redroomcompany.org/po
em/luke-icarus-simon/father-was-businessman/). Redroom.com.au. Retrieved 18 December
2011.
9. "My Stamp Collection" (http://abc.gov.au/tv/guide/abc1/201108/programs/ZY9771A001D2011-
08-04T012052.htm?program=My%20Stamp%20Collection). ABC.
10. "My Stamp collection on Vimeo.com" (https://vimeo.com/user16748524/review/71554173/2935
62885c).
11. "Michael Gow's Plays: A Thematic Approach on library.sl.nsw.gov.au" (http://www.library.sl.nsw.
gov.au/search~S2?/aSimon%2C+Kathryn./asimon+kathryn/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CE/frameset&FF
=asimon+luke&2%2C2%2C).
12. "State Library page on 'The little book on how to stop smoking' " (http://www.library.sl.nsw.gov.a
u/search~S2?/aSimon%2C+Kathryn./asimon+kathryn/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CE/frameset&FF=asi
mon+luke&1%2C2%2C).
13. "My Stamp collection on ScreenAustralia.gov.au" (http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/find-a-film/
detail.aspx?tid=24563).
14. "Latin on library.sl.nsw.gov.au" (http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/search~S2?/c821.92%2F1093/c821.
92%2F1093/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CE/frameset&FF=c821.92%2F1098&1%2C1%2C).
15. "Latin on catalogue.nla.gov.au" (http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/5549054).
16. "The Transit of Cancer on catalogue.nla.gov.au"
(https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7089998).
17. "The Transit of Cancer on amazon.com" (https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-author=Lu
ke%20Icarus%20Simon&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ALuke%20Icarus%20Simon).
18. "Australianplays.org on 'Fish Wednesday' " (http://australianplays.org/script/ASC-1215).
19. "Australianplays.org on 'SIR' " (http://australianplays.org/script/ASC-1082).
20. "Lost in the Last Divided Capital on catalogue.nla.gov.au" (https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/
7089958).
21. "The Gospel of the Fallen on catalogue.nla.gov.au" (https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/73351
39).

External links
http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsS/simon-luke.html

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