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Tumult Of The Swans
''Tumult of the Swans'' (1953) is the third poetry collection by Australian poet Roland Robinson. It won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1953. The collection consists of 3 poems, with only one of these - "Deep Well" - being a reprint, the other two are published in this collection for the first time. Contents * "The Coal" * "Deep Well" * "Tumult of the Swans" Notes Dedication: "To Lisa/ I have desired to go/ Where springs not fail." Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote: "Once again we are presented with the familiar figure of the wandering poet, encountered earlier in Roland Robinson's first volume of poetry, ''Language of the Sand.'' But this author portrays his wandering poet with a refreshing difference. He is no stock puppet created by íomantic imagination. Disguised as an Australian swagman, his icstlpss dcsiie to feel 'the poet's coal of pain burn and brand his brow' combines quite naturally with a genuine swagman's zest for wand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Robinson (poet)
Roland Edward Robinson OAM (12 June 1912 – 8 February 1992) was an Australian poet, writer and collector of Australian Aboriginal myths. Life and career Robinson was born in Balbriggan, Co, Dublin, Ireland in 1912. At the age of 9, in 1921 he was brought to Australia. After only a brief education he worked in various jobs, mainly in the bush as a roustabout, boundary-rider, railway fettler, fencer, dam-builder, gardener and as a lifelong love - a ballet dancer. Robinson's first published poetry appeared in ''Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears'' published in 1944. He served in the Australian Army. His love of the Australian landscape and everyday scenes were inspiration for his poetry. He was one of the most dedicated poets to the Jindyworobak Movement. As well as a writer and poet, Robinson was dance critic for '' The Sydney Morning Herald'' in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1940s he took classes with Helene Kirsova and appeared in a number of productions by the Kirsova Ballet. ... [...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] |
1953 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1953. Books * Charmian Clift and George Johnston – ''The Big Chariot'' * Dymphna Cusack – ''Southern Steel'' * Eleanor Dark – ''No Barrier'' * Helen Heney – ''Dark Moon'' * T. A. G. Hungerford – ''Riverslake'' * Eve Langley – ''Wild Australia'' * Jack Lindsay – ''Betrayed Spring : A Novel of the British Way'' * Ruth Park – ''A Power of Roses'' * Nevil Shute – ''In the Wet'' * Kylie Tennant – ''The Joyful Condemned'' * E. V. Timms – ''The Scarlet Frontier'' * Arthur Upfield – ''Murder Must Wait'' Short stories * A. Bertram Chandler – "Jetsam" * T. Inglis Moore – ''Australia Writes: An Anthology'' (edited) * Stephen Murray-Smith – ''The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories'' (edited) * Colin Roderick – ''Australian Round-Up : Stories from 1790 to 1950'' (edited) * Dal Stivens – ''The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales'' * Judith Wrigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * T. S. Eliot founds the Poetry Book Society in the U.K. * George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen and Harold L. Humes found ''The Paris Review''. * ''Nuovi Argomenti'', an influential Italian literary magazine, founded by Alberto Carrocci and Alberto Moravia in Rome. * The October issue of ''Atlantic Monthly'' magazine in the United States publishes "Perspectives of India", anthologizing poems from India. * November 5 – Dylan Thomas, on a poetry reading tour of the United States, is admitted to Saint Vincent's hospital in Manhattan in a coma from which he does not recover before his death on November 9. Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: Canada * Robert Finch, ''A Century has Roots''.Robert Finch" Online Guide t ... [...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] |
