''Between Two Tides'' (1952) is a long narrative poem by Australian poet
R. D. Fitzgerald
Robert David FitzGerald III AM OBE (22 February 1902 – 24 May 1987) was an Australian poet.
Biography
FitzGerald was born in Hunters Hill, New South Wales, a third-generation Australian of Irish extraction, and studied science at the Univer ...
, which included illustrations by
Norman Lindsay
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his genera ...
. It won the
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 ...
in 1952.
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Outline
The poem is "drawn from ''An Account of the Natives of the Tongan Islands'' by J. M. Martin (1817)", which "Fitzgerald had worked on intermittently over many years". "In five parts, the poem relates and discusses the life and exploits of Will Mariner, a young sailor on the privateer ''Port au Prince'', which was attacked and burned by Tongan natives in 1806."
Reviews
A reviewer in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' noted that the "theme of the eternally troubled mind with which man regards his destiny is not too profound to overload a simple narrative. Here is a story-poem which will please those whose palates
have never become too sophisticated to reject the flavour of ''Treasure Island'' or Masefield's ''Dauber.''""Reviews in Brief", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 20 December 1952, p8
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Awards
* 1952 - winner 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 ...
See also
* 1952 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
* August 12 — Night of the Murdered Poets, the execution of thirteen Soviet Jews in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow ...
* 1952 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1952.
Events
*February – The historical periodical '' Past & Present'' is launched in Oxford, U.K.
*February 29 – Derek J. de Solla Price reveals his discovery ...
* 1952 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1952.
Books
* Martin Boyd – ''The Cardboard Crown''
* Jon Cleary – '' The Sundowners''
* T. A. G. Hungerford – '' The Ridge and the Rive ...
References
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Australian poems
1952 poems
Epic poems in English