Lucy Dougan (born 1966) is an Australian poet who began publication in 1998.
Early life and education
Dougan was born in
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia in 1966.
In 2009 she completed her PhD thesis at the
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany, Western Australia, Albany an ...
in dual format ‘’On the Circumvesuviana’’ (poetry) and ‘’The Vesuvian Imaginary: The Woman's Journey to Naples in Three Texts’’ (dissertation). Her thesis formed the basis of her 2012 publication, ''On the Circumvesuviana''.
Works
Poetry
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Awards and recognition
* ''Memory Shell'' won the 2000
Mary Gilmore Award for a First Book of Poetry at the ASAL Awards
* ''White Clay'' won the 2006 Alec Bolton Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, ACT Poetry Prize
* ''The Guardians'' was shortlisted for the 2015
Judith Wright Calanthe Award
The Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award is awarded annually as part of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form.
Winners
2020
* Winner: Pi ...
*''The Guardians'' was shortlisted for the 2016
Victorian Premier's Awards: Prize for Poetry
* ''The Guardians'' won the
2016 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards — Poetry
References
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1966 births
Living people
University of Western Australia alumni
Australian poets