Joanne Burns (born 5 December 1945 ) is a contemporary Australian poet and prose writer, with a strong emphasis on performance in her work.
Biography
Joanne Burns grew up and lives in
Sydney. She studied at the
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's ...
and has taught English and creative writing at secondary and tertiary levels in Australia and
England
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. Her work hovers between poetry and prose, and often incorporates 'found writing' from newspapers and other everyday sources. In the 1980s she participated in the experimental writing group Sydney Women Writers' Workshop. She has published ten collections of poetry, with ''Footnotes of a hammock'' sharing the 2005 Judith Wright Award for a collection of poetry.
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Bibliography
Poetry
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Critical studies and reviews
* Review of ''Amphora''.
* review of 'Footnotes of a Hammock', by Gig Ryan, The Age, 16 October 2004
* Pushing Boundaries: Mark Roberts reviews amphora by joanne burns, Rochford Street Review, March 2013
* Surreal Inventiveness: Peter Kirkpatrick launches ‘brush’ by joanne burns, Rochford Street Review, November 2014
References
External links
Joanne Burns Content Page
Poems & essays at Australian Literature Resources
Poem at Tinfish Magazine
Poem with German language, German translation
nightmarketing
Poem at Haiku Review
at magicdog.com
References
*Adelaide, Debra (1988) ''Australian women writers: a bibliographic guide'', London, Pandora
1945 births
Australian women poets
Living people
Writers from Sydney
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