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Gwen Harwood AO (8 June 1920 - 5 December 1995), née Gwendoline Nessie Foster, was an Australian poet and librettist. Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A libretto is the text used in an extended Musical work such as an Opera, Operetta, Masque, sacred or secular Oratorio and Gwen Harwood is regarded as one of Australia's finest poets, publishing over 420 works, including 386 poems and 13 librettos. [1] She won numerous poetry awards and prizes. Her work is commonly studied in schools and university courses.

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Life

She was born in Taringa, Queensland and brought up in Brisbane. Taringa is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 5 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland She attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School and was an organist at All Saints Church when she was young. Brisbane Girls' Grammar School, is an independent, Secular, Day school for girls located in Spring Hill, an inner suburb of Brisbane She completed a music teacher's diploma, and also worked as a typist at the War Damage Commission, from 1942. [2] Early in her life, she developed an interest in literature, philosophy and music.

She moved to Tasmania after her marriage to linguist William Harwood in September 1945. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass Here she developed her lifelong interest in the work of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein "which informs her entire opus". [3].

Literary career

Gwen Harwood had written poetry for many years, and her first poem was published in Meanjin in 1944, but her work didn't start appearing regularly in journals and books until the 1960s. [4] Her first book of poems, titled Poems, was published in 1963, followed in 1968 by Poems Volume II. Other books include The Lion's Bride (1981), Bone Scan (1988), and The Present Tense (1995). There are also several versions of a Selected Poems, including one from Penguin in 2001. Penguins ( order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless Birds living almost

Harwood used a range pseudonyms in her early work, such as Walter Lehmann, W. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) W. Hagendoor (an anagram of her name), Francis Geyer, Timothy (TF) Kline, Miriam Stone, and Alan Carvosso.

She also wrote libretti for composers such as Larry Sitsky, James Penberthy, Don Kay and Ian Cugley. Lazar Sitsky AM, known generally as Larry Sitsky, born 10 September 1934 is an Australian composer, Pianist, and music educator and scholar James Penberthy AM ( 3 May 1917 - 29 March 1999) was an Australian Composer and Journalist. Ian Cugley is an Australian -born Composer currently living and working in the United Kingdom. [5]

She corresponded over the years with several poet friends, including Vincent Buckley, A. D. Hope, Vivian Smith, and Norman Talbot, and served as President of the Tasmanian Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers. Vincent Buckley (1927&ndash1988 was an Australian Poet, Teacher, editor, and Critic. Alec Derwent Hope (21 July 1907 &ndash 13 July 2000 was an Australian Poet and Essayist known for his satirical slant Vivian Smith (born June 3, 1933) is an Australian poet He is considered one of the most lyrical and observant Australian poets of his generation [6]

Literary themes and style

Harwood's poetry has recurring themes of motherhood and the stifled role of women, particularly those of young mothers. Music is another recurring motif. The Tasmanian landscape, and Aboriginal dispossession of that landscape, form another theme in much of her writing. She also wrote series of poems with recurring characters, two of the most notorious being Professor Eisenbart and Krote. Many of her poems also include biblical references.

Awards

Bibliography

Poetry

Letters

Notes

  1. ^ Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women
  2. ^ Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women
  3. ^ Wilde, Hooton and Andrews (1994) p. 349
  4. ^ Wilde, Hooton and Andrews (1994) p. 349
  5. ^ Wilde, Hooton and Andrews (1994) p. 349
  6. ^ Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women
  7. ^ It's an Honour - Officer of the Order of Australia

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Persondata
NAME Harwood, Gwen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walter Lehmann, W. W. Hagendoor, Francis Geyer, Timothy (TF) Kline, Miriam Stone, Alan Carvosso
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian poet
DATE OF BIRTH 8 June 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Taringa, Queensland, Australia
DATE OF DEATH 9 December 1995
PLACE OF DEATH Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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" Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Taringa is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 5 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
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