Gary Catalano (30 October 1947 – 8 December 2002) was an Australian
poet
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and art critic.
Life
Calatano was born on 30 October 1947 in
Brisbane
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.
He married writer Helen Hewitt in 1990.
He died on 8 December 2002 in
Melbourne
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.
Awards
* 1992
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 ...
(with
Kevin Hart
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After winning se ...
)
* 1997 Australia Council's Keesing Studio in Paris residency
* 2002 Harold White Fellowship from the National Library in Canberra
Bibliography
Poetry
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List of poems
Short stories
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Non-fiction
* The Years of Hope: Australian Art and Criticism, 1959-1968 1981
* The Bandaged Image: a study of artists' books, 1983
* An Intimate Australia: the landscape and recent Australian art, 1985
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* Building a Picture: interviews with Australian artists, 1997
* The Solitary Watcher: Rick Amor and his Art, 2001
Anthologies
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References
review by Gig Ryan, The Age, 31 January 2004
Obituary, The Age
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1947 births
2002 deaths
20th-century Australian poets
Australian male poets
Quadrant (magazine) people
20th-century Australian male writers