''Woman to Man'' (1949) is the second collection of poetry by Australian poet
Judith Wright
Judith Arundell Wright (31 May 191525 June 2000) was an Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights. She was a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award.
Biography
Judith Wright was born in Armidale, New Sou ...
. 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 1949.
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The collection consists of 44 poems, some with their original publication in this book, and some of which were had been previously published in magazines such as ''Meanjin
''Meanjin'' (), formerly ''Meanjin Papers'' and ''Meanjin Quarterly'', is an Australian literary magazine. The name is derived from the Turrbal word for the spike of land where the city of Brisbane is located. It was founded in 1940 in Brisbane ...
'', ''Southerly'' and '' The Bulletin'' and various Australian poetry collections.
Contents
* "Woman's Song"
* "Woman to Child"
* "Conch-Shell"
* "The Maker"
* "Pain"
* "Child and Wattle-Tree"
* "The Sisters"
* "Spring After War"
* "The Child"
* "Camphor Laurel"
* "The Garden"
* "The World and the Child"
* "Night After Bushfire"
* "The Bull"
* "Dream"
* "The Cycads"
* "The Twins"
* "Winter Kestrel"
* "The Flood"
* "Eli, Eli"
* "The Builders"
* "The Mirror at the Fun Fair"
* "The Bushfire"
* "The Unborn"
* "Night"
* "The City Asleep"
* "The Killer"
* "Metho Drinker"
* "Stars"
* "The Old Prison"
* "The Bones Speak"
* "Letter to a Friend"
* "Midnight"
* "Song in a Wine-Bar"
* "Flame-Tree in a Quarry"
* "Brown Bird"
* "Wonga Vine"
* "Night and the Child"
* "The Dust in the Township"
* "The Blind Man"
* "Country Dance"
* "The Singer to the Child"
* "Lost Boy"
* "Blind Man's Song"
Critical reception
A reviewer in ''The Age'', in a survey of the poet's work to that time, was impressed by the collection finding that it "contains the beautiful, evocative poems which, I think, place the idea of the creation of a child back on the plane of understanding that brought the Madonna image into being, and also such hauntingly lovely things as Dream; and in this book; too is the strong consciousness of being 'the maker' — the lyric songs of, the creator.""Image and the Maker: In Praise of Judith Wright" by E.M., ''The Age'', 2 May 1953, p14
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Awards
* 1949 - 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
* 1949 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1949.
Events
*January 11 – Bertolt Brecht's play ''Mother Courage and Her Children (Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder)'', 1939, is first performed in Germany, at t ...
* 1949 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1949.
Books
* James Aldridge – ''The Diplomat''
* Martin Boyd – ''Such Pleasure''
* Jon Cleary – '' The Long Shadow''
* Charmian Clift ...
References
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Australian poetry collections
1949 books
Angus & Robertson books