Dorothy Porter (born 1954) is an Australian poet. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Her awards include The Age Book of the Year for Poetry, the National Book Council Award for The Monkey's Mask and the FAW Christopher Brennan Award for Poetry. The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne 's The Age newspaper The Christopher Brennan Award (formerly known as the Robert Frost Prize is an Australian award given for lifetime achievement in poetry Two of her verse novels have been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award: What a Piece of Work in 2000 and Wild Surmise in 2003. The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual Literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’ She was educated at the Queenwood School for Girls, in Sydney. Queenwood School for Girls is an independent, Non-denominational, Christian Day school, located in the suburb of Mosman, on the
Bibliography
Poetry Collections
- Little Hoodlum (1975)
- Bison (1979)
- The Night Parrot (1984)
- Driving too Fast (1989)
- Crete (1996)
- Other Worlds: Poems 1997-2001 (2001)
- Poems January-August 2004 (2004)
Verse Novels
- Akhenaten (1991)
- The Monkey’s Mask (1994)
- What a Piece of Work (1999)
- Wild Surmise (2002)
- El Dorado (2007)
Fiction for Young Adults
- Rookwood (1991)
- The Witch Number (1993)
Libretti (With composer Jonathan Mills)
- The Ghost Wife (2000)
- The Eternity Man (2005)
Lyrics
- Before Time Could Change Us (2005), music by Paul Grabowsky, performed by the Paul Grabowsky/Katie Noonan Quintet
External links
- Poetry’s Like Sex! You Can’t Fake It Interview
- Australian Literature Resources website. Paul Grabowsky is an Australian Pianist and Composer. Biography Paul Grabowsky was born on 27 September 1958 in Contains information on many Australian writers, including Porter.
- Dorothy Porter at the Poetry International Website.
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