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Louise Helfgott Louise Helfgott i(A103708 works by)
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1 y separately published work icon Thistledown Seed : A Memoir Louise Helfgott , Blackheath : Brandl and Schlesinger , 2022 24457212 2022 single work autobiography

'Interweaving fiction and memoir in multiple threads, Thistledown Seed follows the displacement and violence of the Holocaust for a Polish family who subsequently settle in Western Australia. In this deeply moving account, Louise Helfgott explores another side of her family’s tragic past made famous in the Oscar-winning movie, Shine. The floating thistledown seed is like the diaspora of the Jewish people who were scattered around the world as a result of the Holocaust. '  (Publication summary)

 
1 Potchnagoola Louise Helfgott , 2019 single work drama

'In the late 1960s, a talented young pianist named David Helfgott was introduced to Katharine Susannah Prichard, the 81-year-old famous author and 'Red Witch of Greenmount'. Through a series of Friday night visits, an unlikely friendship formed in which Katharine would heal and David would grow.

'This unique one-act play commemorates the incredible and tragic life of Katharine Susannah Prichard, and her extraordinary friendship with David Helfgott. It will be staged at her actual heritage-listed home in Greenmount.' (Production summary)
1 A Moment in Guangzhou i "It’s five thirty", Louise Helfgott , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Collaboration , no. 15 2008;
1 The Bridge Louise Helfgott , Louise Helfgott (composer), Boyd Wilson (composer), Denise De Marchi (composer), 2006 single work musical theatre '"The Bridge" is a moving story of a family that have become victims and by-products of our fast paced modern society. In striving to succeed, what has been sacrificed?' Source: http://www.theatre.asn.au (Sighted 27/03/2007)
1 Spring Equinox i "Through moonlit mist we pass", Louise Helfgott , 1999 single work poetry
— Appears in: Dream Weaver 1999; (p. 22)
1 Crowing Fears i "Old fears", Louise Helfgott , 1999 single work poetry
— Appears in: Dream Weaver 1999; (p. 22)
1 Screen Rushes i "Life", Louise Helfgott , 1999 single work poetry
— Appears in: Dream Weaver 1999; (p. 22)
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