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Paul Hetherington
Paul Hetherington (born 6 March 1958) is an Australian poet and academic, who also worked for 19 years at the National Library of Australia. He is Professor of Writing at the University of Canberra where he heads the university's International Poetry Studies Institute (IPSI) which he co-founded. He is an editor of the international journal ''Axon: Creative Explorations'' and co-founder of the International Prose Poetry Project. Biography Paul Hetherington's parents are Robert Hetherington (1923–2015) and Penelope Hetherington (née Loveday) (1928–). He grew up in Adelaide with his twin brother Mark and his younger sister Naomi (1961–) until his family moved to Perth in 1966 when his father accepted a job in the fledgling Politics Department of the University of Western Australia. His father later became a Western Australian member of parliament. His mother was an academic historian with particular interests in African History and Women's History, who worked at the Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Australian Poets
The poets listed below were either citizens or residents of Australia or published the bulk of their poetry whilst living there. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q–R S T V W Y–Z See also *Poetry *List of poets *List of English language poets *Australian literature *Poets Union References {{lists of poets Lists of Australian writers, Poets Lists of poets by nationality, Australian Australian poets, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassandra Atherton
Cassandra Atherton is an Australian prose-poet, critic, and scholar. She is an expert on prose poetry, contemporary public intellectuals in academia, and poets as public intellectuals, especially hibakusha poets. She is married to historian Glenn Moore. Academic and literary work Atherton completed her Bachelor of Arts (Honours in English and History), Master of Arts, Graduate Diploma of Education, and PhD at The University of Melbourne. She was supervised by Australian poet, Chris Wallace-Crabbe. She was Harvard Visiting Scholar in English in 2015–16, sponsored by Stephen Greenblatt, a visiting fellow at the Institute of Comparative Culture at Sophia University, Tokyo, in 2014, and an affiliate of the Japan Studies Centre at Monash University from 2015. She was an editorial advisor for Australian Book Review in 2012–15 and is currently Poetry Editor of Westerly Magazine. Her prose-poetry has been widely anthologised in publications such as '' The Best Australian Poems'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1958 Births
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize
The Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize is an annual poetry prize endowed by Australian poet Bruce Dawe in 1999.The Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize It is awarded to "an original, unpublished poem not exceeding 50 lines" by an Australian citizen or resident. The award comes with a $2500 cash prize. The aim of the prize is to encourage Australian poets and recognise "the important contribution they make to Australian culture". It is managed by the Faculty of Arts at the in and is jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACT Book Of The Year
The ACT Book of the Year is an annual prize of $10,000 awarded for a literary work of fiction, nonfiction or poetry written by an author from the Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. .... The award was inaugurated in 1993 with $5,000 prize money. Winners References {{Reflist External links Official websiteLibraries ACT website Australian literary awards Awards established in 1993 Culture of the Australian Capital Territory Australian literature-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Day (artist)
Phil Day (born in August, 1973) is an Australian artist. He is formally recognised as a Notable GraduateMichael Agostino, The Australian National University School of Art: A history of the first 65 Years (Canberra, ANU, 2009), p. 243. from the Graphic Investigation Workshop, Australian National University (ANU), alongside Alex Hamilton, Paul McDermott, Danie Mellor and Paul Uhlmann. Day's body of work comprises prints, artist's books, drawings and watercolours. Various institutions have collected his work, including the National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales, State Library of Queensland, State Library Victoria, and the Baillieu Library (Melbourne University). Life Day, a lineal descendant of Wong Ah Sat, was born in Goulburn, New South Wales, living in the same house for his entire childhood and adolescent years. At age 16, he briefly trained as a graphic designer at the NSW Police Academy. Rather than pursue graphic d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David McCooey
David McCooey (born 1967 in London), poet, critic, musician, and academic. He is Personal Chair in Literary Studies and Professional & Creative Writing at Deakin University in Geelong. Early life and education David McCooey was born in London in 1967. He moved to Perth, Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, with his family in 1970. He studied for a BA (hons) at University of Western Australia (1985–1988), and completed his doctorate at Sydney University (1990–1993). Career McCooey is Personal Chair in Literary Studies and Professional & Creative Writing at Deakin University in Geelong and regularly writes reviews for ''Australian Book Review'' and ''The Age''. He has been the recipient of a number of ARC (Australian Research Council) awards. From 2004 to 2006 he was associate editor of ''Space: New Writing'' and in 2013 he was inaugural poetry editor of ''Australian Book Review''. McCooey, described by Nicholas Birns in ''The Australian'' as "one of the pioneers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Capital Equity
Kerry Matthew Stokes (born John Patrick Alford on 13 September 1940) is an Australian businessman. He holds business interests in a diverse range of industries including electronic and print media, property, mining, and construction equipment. He is most widely known as the chairman of the Seven Network, one of the largest broadcast repeating corporations in Australia. Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1995, Stokes was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2006 in recognition of his contributions to Australian business, strategic leadership, promotion of corporate social responsibility, to the arts through philanthropy, and to the community, most especially those services supporting young people. , Stokes was the thirteenth richest Australian by net worth, according to the 2021 Rich List. Early life John Patrick Alford was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His unmarried mother was Marie Jean Alford. Stokes was adopted by Matthew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hetherington
Robert "Bob" Hetherington (8 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was an Australian politician, political scientist and mental health advocate. Career Hetherington finished high school at age 16. He worked in Adelaide before enlisting in the 2nd AIF in 1942, serving in Australia and Papua New Guinea. He was discharged in 1946 after working with international prisoners of war in Manilla. He enrolled in the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1950 with an honours degree in history and political science and became a schoolteacher. In 1957 he was appointed tutor in politics at the University of Adelaide and in 1967 moved to the University of Western Australia as lecturer in politics until 1977. A Labor party member, Hetherington sought pre-selection for the Senate in 1974 and again in 1975, both times failing to be elected because of his position on the ticket. He then was elected a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1977 to 1989, firstly represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian
''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatewatching." (2008). "''The Australian'' has long positioned itself as a loyal supporter of the incumbent government of Prime Minister John Howard, and is widely regarded as generally favouring the conservative side of politics." As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of both print and online editions was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right. Parent companies ''The Australian'' is published by News Corp Australia, an asset of News Corp, which also owns the sole daily newspapers in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin, and the most circulated metropolitan daily newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne. News Corp's Chairman and Founder is Rupert Murdoch. ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned body that is politically independent and fully accountable, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps to generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an act of federal parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-class radio stations. The ABC was given statutory powers that reinforced its independence from the government and enhanced its news-gathering role. Modelled after the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which is funded by a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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