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Peter Porter Poetry Prize
The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is an ongoing international literary award run by the Australian Book Review for outstanding poetry. Established by the ''ABR'' in 2005, the Prize is named after the late Australian poet Peter Porter. The Porter Prize, awarded annually by the ''ABR'', is considered 'one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry' and among the country's 'most prestigious prizes for a new poem'. It 'guarantees winners wide exposure through publication in ''ABR and in 2017 received 'nearly 1000 entries from twenty-two countries'. History The Porter Prize was established in 2005 by the Australian Book Review. Formerly known as the ''ABR'' Poetry Prize, it was renamed the Peter Porter Poetry Prize in 2010 in honour of the famed Australian poet. The award is open to all poets writing in English, regardless of where they reside. Winners Since its inception, there have been 19 winners of the Peter Porter Poetry Prize. * 2005: Stephen Edgar * 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Porter (poet)
Peter Neville Frederick Porter OAM (16 February 192923 April 2010) was a British-based Australian poet. Life Porter was born in Brisbane, Australia, in 1929. His mother, Marion, died of a burst gall-bladder in 1938. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School (then known as the Church of England Grammar School) and left school at eighteen to work as a trainee journalist at ''The Courier-Mail''. However, he only lasted a year with the paper before he was dismissed. He emigrated to England in 1951. On the boat he met the future novelist Jill Neville. Porter was portrayed in Neville's first book, ''The Fall Girl'' (1966). After two suicide attempts, he returned to Brisbane. Ten months later he was back in England. In 1955 he began attending meetings of " The Group". It was his association with "The Group" that allowed him to publish his first collection in 1961. He married Jannice Henry, a nurse from Marlow, Buckinghamshire, in 1961 and they had two daughters (born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Book Review
''Australian Book Review'' is an Australian arts and literary review. Created in 1961, ''ABR'' is an independent non-profit organisation that publishes articles, reviews, commentaries, essays, and new writing. The aims of the magazine are 'to foster high critical standards, to provide an outlet for fine new writing, and to contribute to the preservation of literary values and a full appreciation of Australia's literary heritage'. History and profile ''Australian Book Review'' was established by Max Harris and Rosemary Wighton as a monthly journal in Adelaide, Australia, in 1961. In 1971 production was reduced to quarterly releases, and lapsed completely in 1974. In 1978 the journal was revived by the National Book Council and, moving to Melbourne, began producing ten issues per year. ABR published the 400th issue of the second series in April 2018. An eleventh issue was added in 2021 (the magazine publishes a double issue in January–February). ''ABR'' is currently in partn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Northern Territory Writer's Centre
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun '' thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Literature Resource
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Edgar
Stephen Edgar (born 1951) is an Australian poet, editor and indexer. Background and education Edgar was born in Sydney, where he attended Sydney Technical High School. After time spent living in London, he later returned to Australia, going on to study classics and librarianship at the University of Tasmania. Poetry His first published poetry appeared in 1979 in the Tasmanian literary quarterly ''Island'' (originally ''The Tasmanian Review''). From 1986 to the present he has been subeditor of ''Island'' and was poetry editor between 1989 and 1994. He is the author of seven books of poetry. As well as extensive publication of his verse in print media, Stephen Edgar has published poetry in online poetry magazines such as ''Snorkel'', ''The Poetry Foundation'', ''The Chimaera'', and ''The Flea''. As poet Kevin Hart observed, Edgar "is distinctive for a firm commitment to closed forms and for showing considerable panache in handling them". Other critical material on Stephen E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Bishop
Judith Bishop (born 1972) is a contemporary Australian poet, linguist and translator. Biography Judith Bishop was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1972. She holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, an Master of Fine Arts, MFA in Writing from Washington University in St Louis and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Melbourne. In 1994 she received the Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship for postgraduate study in the United Kingdom. Her MPhil thesis at Cambridge treated the poetry of Yves Bonnefoy. In addition to her own work, Bishop has an interest in translating French people, French poets, and has published translations of Philippe Jaccottet, René Char and Gérard Macé. Austlit entry Published works *''Interval'' (University of Queensland Press, UQP, February 2018) *''Event'' (Salt Publis ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Clark (poet)
Ross Clark (born 30 August 1953)Clark, Ross on AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource, accessed 07/08/2011 is an . His poems often use strongly physical imagery and he is a strong exponent of poetry. Life Born in , Clark attended Mt Gravatt High School ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Ryan (writer)
Tracy Ryan (born 1964) is an Australian poet and novelist. She has also worked as an editor, publisher, translator, and academic. Life Tracy Ryan was born in Western Australia, where she grew up as part of a large family. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Curtin University and studied European languages at the University of Western Australia. She has lived in Cambridge, England, where she worked as a bookseller, tutor, editor, and writer. She was Judith E. Wilson Junior Visiting Fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge in 1998. She taught Australian Literature and Film at the University of East Anglia. She has also lived in Ohio in the USA. She is married to poet John Kinsella and has two children. Literary career Tracy Ryan has published over nine books, including three novels. Her poetry has appeared in several magazines, such as ''Salt'', ''Literary Review'', and ''Cordite''. She has also appeared in anthologies. Ryan is particularly interested in langua ... [...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] |
Michael Farrell (poet)
Michael Farrell (born 1965) is a contemporary Australian poet. Biography Michael Farrell was born in Bombala, New South Wales in 1965. He presently lives in Melbourne, where he is the Australian editor of ''Slope'' magazine. Published works * ''living at the z'', 2000 * ''ode ode'', Salt Publishing, 2002. * ''a raiders guide'', Giramondo, 2008. * ''open sesame'', Giramondo, 2012. * ''Cocky's joy'', Giramondo, 2015. * ''I Love Poetry'', Giramondo, 2017. * ''Family Trees'', Giramondo, 2020. * ''Googlecholia'', Giramondo, 2022. Awards * Harri Jones Memorial Prize, 1999: winner * The Age Book of the Year Poetry Prize Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize, 2003, shortlisted for ''Ode Ode'' *Queensland Literary Awards, Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection, 2018, winner for ''I Love Poetry'' *NSW Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John A
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Beveridge
Judith Beveridge (born 1956) is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award. Biography Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. She started her education at the Auburn North Public School in September 1961, and graduated in 1968 as "Dux of the School" (a title awarded to the student with best aggregate result over all subjects). Completing a BA at UTS she has worked in libraries, teaching, as a researcher and in environmental regeneration. From 2003 until 2018, she taught creative writing at The University of Sydney and was poetry editor for ''Meanjin'' from 2005 to 2015, having previously edited ''Hobo'' and the Australian Arabic literature journal ''Kalimat''. Awards and nominations * Wesley Michel Wright Award * 1988 – Mary Gilmore Prize for ''The Domesticity of Giraffes'' * 1988 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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