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Bella Li
Bella Li (born 1983) is a Chinese-born Australian poet. Early life and career Li was born in China in 1983. When she was three she and parents migrated to Australia. Li has an Arts/Law degree from the University of Melbourne. In 2020 she received a PhD from the same university for her thesis, "The Forest, the Desert and the Road: Chronotopes of American Spaces in Twentieth-century Long-form Poetry; and a Creative Work, 'Hotel America'". Her poetry has appeared in ''Meanjin'', Cordite and other literary journals. In 2017 Li was awarded a literary grant by the Australia Council. She served as a judge for the 2020 '' Overland'' Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Awards and recognition * Shortlisted, University of Melbourne's Australian Centre Literary Awards, Wesley Michel Wright Prize, 2014 for ''Maps, Cargo'' * Highly commended, Anne Elder Award, 2017 for ''Argosy'' * Shortlisted, Red Room Poetry fellowship, 2017 * Commended, University of Melbourne's Australian Centre Literary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb north of Melbourne's central business district, with several other campuses located across Victoria. Incorporated in the 19th century by the colony of Victoria, the University of Melbourne is one of Australia's six sandstone universities and a member of the Group of Eight, Universitas 21, Washington University's McDonnell International Scholars Academy, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Since 1872, many residential colleges have become affiliated with the university, providing accommodation for students and faculty, and academic, sporting and cultural programs. There are ten colleges located on the main campus and in nearby suburbs. The university comprises ten separate academic units and is associated with numerous institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meanjin
''Meanjin'' (), formerly ''Meanjin Papers'' and ''Meanjin Quarterly'', is an Australian literary magazine. The name is derived from the Turrbal word for the spike of land where the city of Brisbane is located. It was founded in 1940 in Brisbane, by Clem Christesen. It moved to Melbourne in 1945 and is as of 2008 an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing. History ''Meanjin'' was founded in December 1940 in Brisbane, by Clem Christesen. The name is derived from the Turrbal word for land on which the city of Brisbane is located. It moved to Melbourne in 1945 at the invitation of the University of Melbourne. Artist and patron Lina Bryans opened the doors of her Darebin Bridge House to the ''Meanjin'' group: then Vance and Nettie Palmer, Rosa and Dolia Ribush, Jean Campbell, Laurie Thomas and Alan McCulloch. There they joined the moderates in the Contemporary Art Society (Norman Macgeorge, Clive Stephen, Isobel Tweddle and Rupert Bunny, Sybil Craig, Guelda Pyke, Elma Roach, O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Council For The Arts
The Australia Council for the Arts, commonly known as the Australia Council, is the country's official arts council, serving as an arts funding and advisory body for the Government of Australia. The council was announced in 1967 as the Australian Council for the Arts, with the first members appointed the following year. It was made a statutory corporation by the passage of the ''Australia Council Act 1975''. The organisation has included several boards within its structure over the years, including more than one incarnation of a Visual Arts Board (VAB), in the 1970s–80s and in the early 2000s. History Prime Minister Harold Holt announced the establishment of a national arts council in November 1967, modelled on similar bodies in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. It was one of his last major policy announcements prior to his death the following month. In June 1968, Holt's successor John Gorton announced the first ten members of the council, which was init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overland (magazine)
''Overland'' is an Australian literary and cultural magazine, established in 1954 and published quarterly in print as well as online. History ''Overland'' was established in 1954, under the auspices of the Realist Writers Group in Melbourne, with Stephen Murray-Smith as the first editor-in-chief. It was initially formed by anti-Stalinist members of the Communist Party of Australia and other members of the 1950s New Left. Editors The magazine has been edited by: * Stephen Murray-Smith, 1954–1988 * Barrett Reid, 1988–1993 * John McLaren, Spring 1993 – Autumn 1997 * Ian Syson, Winter 1997 – Summer 2002 * Nathan Hollier and Katherine Wilson, Autumn 2002 – Spring 2004 * Nathan Hollier, 2005–2006 * Jeff Sparrow, 2007–2014 * Jacinda Woodhead, 2015–2019 * Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk, since 2019 Description ''Overland'' describes itself as "Australia’s only radical literary magazine", which publishes fiction, poetry, non-fiction and art. It says it "continues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Elder Award
The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry was administered by the Victorian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers from its establishment in 1976 until 2017. From 2018 the award has been administered by Australian Poetry. It is awarded annually, as the Anne Elder Award, for the best first book of poetry published in Australia. It was established in 1976 and currently has a prize of A$1000 for the winner.2005 National Literary Awards Results p. 2. The award is named after Australian poet Anne Elder (1918–1976). Award winners Prior to 2004 * 1977: |
Victorian Premier's Prize For Poetry
The Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry, formerly known as the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has an enumeration of 25,000. The winner of this category prize vies with 4 other category winners for overall Victorian Prize for Literature valued at an additional 100,000. The prize was formerly known as the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry from inception until 2010, when the awards were re-established under the stewardship of the Wheeler Centre and restarted with new prize amounts and a new name. It was named after the early twentieth century vernacular poet C. J. Dennis. Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry Blue ribbon () = winner. 2011 * Cate Kennedy, ''The Taste of River Water'' ** Claire Potter, ''Swallow'' ** Libby Hart, ''This Floating World'' 2012 * John Kinsella, ''Armour'' **John Mateer, ''Southern Barbarians'' ** Michelle Cahill, ''Vishvarupa'' 2013 Presented in January 2014 (see 2014 entry) f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Slessor Prize For Poetry
The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form.New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Web page accessed 5 November 2006 It is named after (1901–1971). The prize currently comes with a A$30,000 cash award. Winners and shortlists
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Judith Wright Calanthe Award
The Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award is awarded annually as part of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form. Winners 2020 * Winner: Pi O, ''Heide'' (Giramondo) *Peter Boyle, ''Enfolded in the Wings of a Great Darkness'' (Vagabond Press) * Stuart Cooke, ''Lyre'' (UWA Publishing) *Ellen van Neerven, ''Throat'' (UQP) * Charmaine Papertalk Green, ''Nganajungu Yagu'' (Cordite Books) 2019 *Winner: Alison Whittaker, ''Blakwork'' (Magabala) *Liam Ferney, ''Hot Take'' (Hunter) *Keri Glastonbury, ''Newcastle Sonnets'' (Giramondo) *Marjon Mossammaparast, ''That Sight'' (Cordite) * Omar Sakr, ''The Lost Arabs'' (UQP) 2018 *Winner: Michael Farrell, ''I Love Poetry'' (Giramondo) *Pam Brown, ''click here for what we do'' (Vagabond Press) * Bonny Cassidy, ''Chatelaine'' (Giramondo) * Oscar Schwartz, ''The Honeymoon Stage'' (Giramondo) *Bella Li, ''Lost Lake'' (Vagabond Press) 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Births
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Australian Women Poets
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
