Gig Ryan, born Elizabeth Anne Martina Ryan November 5, 1956, is an

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. She is a recipient of the

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Biography

Ryan was born in

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, England in 1956. Her father is the Australian surgeon

Peter John Ryan Peter John Ryan (25 November 1925 – 3 June 2002) was a consultant surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Early life and education Ryan was born in Dookie, Victoria in 1925, and attended Assumption College, Kilmore. He q ...

. She was poetry editor of ''

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'' newspaper 1998–2016. She has also recorded her songs with the bands Disband and Driving Past. Her book ''Pure and Applied'' won the 1999

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and ''Heroic Money'' was shortlisted for the 2002 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. ''New and Selected Poems'' was shortlisted for the 2012 Prime Minister's Award for Poetry and the 2012 ASAL award, and winner of the 2012 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and the 2011 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry.

Bibliography

* ''The Division of Anger'' Transit Press (1981) * ''Manners of an Astronaut'' Hale and Iremonger (1984) * ''The Last Interior'' Scripsi Magazine (1986) * ''Excavation'' PanPicador Australia (1990) * ''Pure and Applied'' Paper Bark Press / Craftsman House (1998) * "Research" Folio/Salt (1999) * ''Heroic Money'' Brandl & Schlesinger (2001) * ''New and Selected Poems'' Giramondo (2011) * ''Selected Poems'' Bloodaxe Books (UK) (2012)

Discography

* "Six Goodbyes" Disband, Big Home Productions (1988) * "Church Fete" Driving Past, Chapter Music (1998) * "Real Estate" Driving Past, Chapter Music (1999) * "Travel" Driving Past, Jacana Records (2006)

References

External links

The Division of Anger
online at Australian Literary Resources
Poems
and

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translations
Three poems
at

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Two poems
at Jacket Magazine

poem at Slope Magazine
And the foetid air and gritty: Les Murray's Subhuman Redneck Poems

Uncertain Possession: The Politics and Poetry of Judith Wright

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* http://cordite.org.au/tags/gig-ryan/ Cordite Poetry Review
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Band homepage

''Real Estate'', Driving Past (1999),Chapter Music

''Church Fete'', Driving Past (1998), Chapter Music

''Travel'', Driving Past (2006)

''Travel'', Driving Past (2006)

''Exhibit B'', compilation album, H. Records (1997)

''Truth Against The World'', compilation album, 555 Recordings (1998)

''Double Figures'', compilation album, Chapter Music (2002)

''Melbourne Water'', compilation album, Volume One, W.Minc label (2004)

''Empress Hotel'', compilation album, 555 Recordings, Red Square (2009) 1956 births Living people Australian literary critics Poets from Melbourne Australian women literary critics Australian women poets {{Australia-poet-stub