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Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
The Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize (also known as the Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize) was created in 1996 in memory of the Tasmanian poet, Gwen Harwood. The prize is run by Island Magazine and is awarded to a single poem or a linked suite of poems. It has a first prize of Australian dollar, A$2,000, and the judges may award two minor prizes. Winners * 2021/2022: Stuart Barnes (poet), Stuart Barnes for ''Sestina after B. Carlisle'' * 2020/2021: Amy Crutchfield for ''The Memory of Water'' * 2018: Damen O'Brien for ''On the Day You Launch'' * 2017: Meredith Wattison for ''The Munchian O'' * 2016: Kate Wellington for ''Correspondence'' and Stuart Cooke for ''In Memory'' * 2015: Dan Disney * 2014: Tim Thorne for ''Fukushima Suite'' and Alex Skovron for ''For Length of Days'' * 2013: Chloe Wilson (Poet), Chloe Wilson for ''Blackbirds en Masse'' and Jan Sullivan for ''Tour de France'' * 2012: Fiona Hile for ''Bush Poem With Subtitles'David Bunnfor ''In Dreams Let Us Not Use First Names'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
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Angela Malone
Angela Malone (born in 1971) is the author of ''Lucia's Measure'', the story of a giantess. It was shortlisted for the 2001 Christina Stead Fiction Prize, NSW Premier's Award. In 2008 she was awarded the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. Education Angela Malone studied for her undergraduate degree at the University of Technology, Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although its origins are said to trace back to the 1830s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 2021 .... She completed a master's degree in English at the University of Melbourne. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Malone, Angela Living people Australian poets Australian women novelists University of Technology Sydney alumni University of Melbourne alumni 1971 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Lawrence (poet)
Anthony Lawrence (born 1957) is a contemporary Australian poet and novelist. Lawrence has received a number of Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board Grants, including a Fellowship, and has won many awards for his poetry, including the inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award, the Gwen Harwood Memorial Prize, and the Newcastle Poetry Prize (three times). His most recent collection is ''Headwaters'' ( Pitt Street Poetry) which was awarded the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry in 2017. Published works Poetry *''101 Poems,'' Pitt Street Poetry, 2018 *''Headwaters'', Pitt Street Poetry, 2016 * ''Signal Flare'', Puncher & Wattman,, 2013 * ''The Welfare of My Enemy'', Puncher & Wattman. * ''Bark'', University of Queensland Press, 2008. * ''Words & Music'', Picaro Press, 2008. * ''Magnetic Field'', Picaro Press, 2008. * ''Strategies for Confronting Fear : New and Selected Poems'' Lancashire, England : Arc Publications, 2006. * ''The Sleep of a Learning Man'' Giramon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Brett
Doris Brett (born 1950) is an Australian writer and clinical psychologist. She has written in a number of genres, including poetry, memoir and nonfiction. Early life and education Brett was born in Melbourne in 1950 to Polish Jewish parents. She is the younger sister of writer, Lily Brett. She was educated at Lee Street State School in Carlton where she was inspired by Gerald Murnane who taught her in 4th grade. She took her undergraduate degree at the University of New England, gaining a BA in psychology and English. She completed a MA in psychology at the University of Melbourne (MA) in 1974 and qualified as a clinical psychologist. In 2002 she was awarded a PhD by Victoria University of Technology (now Victoria University) for her thesis, "Eating the Underworld: A memoir in three voices". Career Alongside working as a psychologist, Brett conducted bread-making workshops to earn money to fund visits to the United States to develop her skills in hypnosis for her clinical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Owen (poet)
Jan Owen (born 18 August 1940) is a contemporary Australian poet. Life Jan Owen was born Janette Muriel Sincock in Adelaide, South Australia, attending school there and in Melbourne, leaving early to work as a laboratory assistant. During the 60s she studied arts part-time at the University of Adelaide, then librarianship, and later travelled extensively in Europe and Asia. Owen has worked as a writer, creative writing teacher and editor since 1985. In July 2016 she was awarded the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writers' Festival. Poetry Owen began writing poetry in her thirties, and her first collection, ''Boy with Telescope'' (1986), won the Anne Elder Award. She has had several writer's residencies in Australia and also in Italy, France, Malaysia, and Scotland. Her awards include the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal, the Mary Gilmore Prize and the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. In 2007, she won the Max Harris Poetry Award for her poem "Scent, Comb, Spoon". The ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Lomer
Kathryn Lomer (born 1958, Tasmania) is an Australian novelist, young adult novelist, short story writer and poet. She has also written for screen, with one short film credit to date. Her first novel, ''The God in the Ink'' was published by the University of Queensland Press in 2001. Her first book of poetry, ''Extraction of Arrows'', also published by UQP, was released in September 2003. Since then she has published two YA novels, a collection of short stories and two more collections of poetry, all with UQP. Her poetry has been favourably compared with that of fellow Australian poet, Jennifer Maiden. She currently resides in Hobart in her native Tasmania. Awards *The 2003/2004 Anne Elder Award for ''Extraction of Arrows''. *The 2008 Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize (The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards) 2008 for ''Two Kinds of Silence''. *The 2011 Margaret Scott Prize (The Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes) for "What now, Tilda B?". She has also won the Gwen Harwood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Walter
Lesley Walter is an Australian poet. She holds a Master of Letters degree in Australian Literature from the University of Sydney, and is a past president of the Society of Women Writers NSW Inc. She lives in Sydney. Awards * 2004 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize The Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize (also known as the Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize) was created in 1996 in memory of the Tasmanian poet, Gwen Harwood. The prize is run by Island Magazine and is awarded to a single poem or a linked suite of poems. ... Works "Hyphenated Lives", ''Island'', No.101, Winter 2005 * * ''Life Drawings''. Walleah Press 2014. Anthologies * Non-fiction * The Natural Way to Better Birth and Bonding (Random House, 2000) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Walter, Lesley Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian poets 1950 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Tredinnick
Mark Tredinnick (born 1962) is an Australian poet, essayist and teacher. Winner of the Montreal International Poetry Prize in 2011 and the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in 2012. He is the author of thirteen books, including four volumes of poetry (''Bluewren Cantos, Fire Diary, The Lyrebird, The Road South''); ''The Blue Plateau;'' ''The Little Red Writing Book'' and ''Writing Well: the Essential Guide.'' About Mark Tredinnick won the Montreal International Poetry Prize in 2011 and the Cardiff International Poetry Prize in 2012. He has won in recent years, as well as the international prizes, a number of major Australian awards— The Blake and Newcastle Prizes, among them, and a Premier's Literature Prize (for Fire Diary). Along with his volumes of poetry— ''Bluewren Cantos'' (2013), ''Fire Diary'' (2010), ''The Lyrebird'' (2011), and ''The Road South'' (spoken word CD, 2008)— ''Tredinnick's thirteen books include the landscape memoir,'' ''The Blue Platea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Campbell (poet)
Elizabeth Campbell is an Australian poet. Biography Elizabeth Campbell was born in Melbourne in 1980. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with an Honours Degree in English in 2000. She has taught English at Eltham High School and MacRobertson Girls' High School, Victoria. ''AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource'', 21 May 2014 She has published two collections of verse, ''Letters to the Tremulous Hand'' and ''Error'', both published by John Leonard Press. Her poetry has been widely published and anthologised, and she been the recipient of many awards and residencies for her poetry. Several of Campbell's poems were included in the 2011 landmark anthology of Australian poetry, ''Australian Poetry Since 1788''. Works Poetry *''Letters to the Tremulous Ha ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Fitts
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Michael Robinson (Australian Poet)
Michael or Mike Robinson may refer to: Arts and humanities * Michael Robinson (Canadian artist) (1948–2010), poet and printmaker * Michael F. Robinson (born 1933), English composer and musicologist * Michael Massey Robinson (1744–1826), poet * Michael S. Robinson (1910–1999), British art historian * Michael Eric Robinson (born 1956), American composer Sports American football * Michael Robinson (cornerback) (born 1973), NFL player for the Green Bay Packers in 1996 * Michael Robinson (fullback) (born 1983), NFL player for the Seattle Seahawks from 2010 to 2013 * Michael Robinson (arena football) (born 1986), AFL player for the Kansas City Command * Mike Robinson (defensive end) (born 1956), NFL player for the Cleveland Browns in 1981 & 1982 Association football (soccer) * Michael Robinson (footballer) (1958–2020), Irish footballer from 1975–1989, television pundit in Spain thereafter * Mike Robinson (soccer) (born 1958), American former soccer forward * Mike Robinson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwen Harwood
Gwen Harwood (née Gwendoline Nessie Foster, 8 June 19205 December 1995) was an Australian poet and librettist. Harwood is regarded as one of Australia's finest poets, publishing over 420 works, including 386 poems and 13 librettos. She won numerous poetry awards and prizes, and one of Australia's most significant poetry prizes, the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize is named for her. Her work is commonly studied in schools and university courses. Gwen Harwood was the mother of the author John Harwood. Life Harwood was born on 8 June 1920 in Taringa, a suburb of Brisbane. She attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School and was an organist at All Saints' Church when she was young. She completed a music teacher's diploma, and also worked as a typist at the War Damage Commission from 1942. Early in her life, she developed an interest in literature, philosophy and music. She married linguist Bill Harwood in September 1945, shortly after which they moved to Oyster Cove south of Hobart as he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
