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Alex Buzo (23 July 1944 – 16 August 2006) was an Australian playwright and author who wrote 88 works.
Buzo was born in Sydney in 1944 to an Albanian-born father and an Australian mother. He attended The Armidale School in Armidale and The International School in Geneva before graduating from University of New South Wales.
Buzo's second play, the iconic Norm and Ahmed, explored issues of racism and generational envy and hit the headlines around Australia in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when those involved in productions in Queensland and Victoria were charged with obscenity for use of the word "fucking." The charges were eventually quashed by the Attorney-General. Other plays include Rooted, The Front Room Boys, Macquarie, Tom, Coralie Landsdowne Says No, Martello Towers, Makassar Reef, The Marginal Farm, Big River, Stingray, Shellcove Road and Pacific Union.
Alex Buzo achieved success in most literary genres. He published many witty and insightful books on Australian life, language and sport during his career and his articles on many varied subjects including reviews and travel writing were published in all the major newspapers and magazines in Australia.