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The Wandering Islands
''The Wandering Islands'' (1955) is the first poetry collection by Australian poet A. D. Hope. It won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1955. The collection consists of 39 poems, most are published in this collection for the first time and others are reprinted from various Australian poetry publications. The earliest poem in the collection dates from 1943. Contents * "Flower Poem" * "Easter Hymn" * "Observation Car" * "The Wandering Islands" * "Three Romances" * "Rawhead and Bloody Bones" * "X-Ray Photograph" * "Massacre of the Innocents" * "Pygmalion" * "Ascent into Hell" * "The Gateway" * "The Muse" * "The Pleasure of Princes" * "Imperial Adam" * "The Trophy" * "Pyramis or The House of Ascent" * "Circe : After the Painting by Dosso Dossi" * "The Death of the Bird" * "Invocation" * "William Butler Yeats" * "Chorale" * "The Cheek" * "The Sleeper" * "Lot and His Daughters" Note: Printed as two separate poems: "Lot and His Daughters" I and II. * "The Dinner" * "The Return o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Leven Prize For Poetry
The Grace Leven Prize for Poetry was an annual poetry award in Australia, given in the name of Grace Leven who died in 1922. It was established by William Baylebridge who "made a provision for an annual poetry prize in memory of 'my benefactress Grace Leven' and for the publication of his own work". Grace was his mother's half-sister.Wilde et al (1994) p. 325 The award is made to "the best volume of poetry published in the preceding twelve months by a writer either Australian-born, or naturalised in Australia and resident in Australia for not less than ten years". It offers only a small monetary prize, but is highly regarded by poets. It was first awarded in 1947, with the recipient being Nan McDonald's ''Pacific Sea''. In 2012 the prize was awarded for the final time. Award winners 2010s * 2012: Joint winners ::: ''Rawshock'' by Toby Fitch ::: ''Autoethnographic'' by Michael Brennan ::: ''The Collected Blue Hills'' by Laurie Duggan ::: ''Jaguar's Dream'' by John Kinsella ::: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive James
Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.Clive James — writer, TV broadcaster and critic — dies aged 80 ''ABC News'', 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019. He began his career specialising in literary criticism before becoming television critic for ''The Observer'' in 1972, where he made his name for his wry, deadpan humour. During this period, he earned an independent reputation as a poet and satire, satirist. He achieved mainstream success in the UK first as a writer for television, and eventually as the lead in his own programmes, including ''...on Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1955. Books * Martin Boyd – ''A Difficult Young Man'' * Jon Cleary – ''Justin Bayard'' * Charmian Clift & George Johnston – ''The Sponge Divers'' * Alfred E. Couchman – ''Fair Field, No Favor'' * Dymphna Cusack – ''The Sun in Exile'' * Mary Durack – ''Keep Him My Country'' * Barbara Jefferis – ''Beloved Lady'' * D'Arcy Niland – '' The Shiralee'' * Ruth Park – ''Pink Flannel'' * Colin Roderick – ''The Lady and the Lawyer'' * Nevil Shute – '' Requiem for a Wren'', (aka ''The Breaking Wave'') * E. V. Timms – '' They Came from the Sea'' * Arthur Upfield – ''The Battling Prophet'' * F. B. Vickers – ''The Mirage'' * Patrick White – ''The Tree of Man'' Short stories * A. Bertram Chandler – "Late" * John Morrison – ''Black Cargo and Other Stories'' * Vance Palmer – ''Let the Birds Fly'' * Dal Stivens – ''Ironbark Bill'' Children's and You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April – Wallace Stevens is baptized a Catholic by the chaplain of St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, where Stevens spends his last days suffering from terminal cancer. After a brief release from the hospital, Stevens is readmitted and dies on August 2 at the age of 76. * July 30 – Philip Larkin makes a train journey in England from Hull to Grantham which inspires his poem '' The Whitsun Weddings''. His collection ''The Less Deceived'' is published in November (dated October). * The Group, a British poetry movement, starts meeting in London with gatherings taking place once a week, on Friday evenings, at first at Philip Hobsbaum's flat and later at the house of Edward Lucie-Smith. The poets gather to discuss each other's work, putting into practice the sort of analysis and objective comment in keeping with the principles of Hobsb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Poetry Collections
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] |
