Robert William Geoffrey Gray (b. February 23, 1945) is an Australian poet. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full 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" Gray grew up in Coffs Harbour and was educated in a country town on the north coast of New South Wales. Coordinates: For the state electoral district see Electoral district of Coffs Harbour He trained there as a journalist, and since then has worked in Sydney as an editor, advertising copywriter, reviewer and buyer for bookshops. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 His first book of poems, Creekwater Journal, was published in 1973, and his most recent, Lineations, in 1996.
Gray has been a writer-in-residence at Meiji University in Tokyo and at several universities throughout Australia including Geelong College in 1982. is a Private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, founded in 1881 by three emerging lawyers of the Meiji Era Tatsuo Kishimoto, Kozo officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The Geelong College is an independent, Co-educational, day and Boarding school, located in Newtown, an inner-western suburb of He has won the Adelaide Arts Festival and the New South Wales and Victorian Premiers' Awards for poetry. In 1990 he received the Patrick White Award. The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White. With Geoffrey Lehmann, he edited two anthologies, The Younger Australian Poets and Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century, and he is the editor of Selected Poems by Shaw Neilson, and Drawn from Life, the journals of the painter John Olsen. Geoffrey Lehmann (born 28 June 1940) is an Australian Poet, children's writer and tax lawyer ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19 John Shaw Neilson ( February 22, 1872 &ndash 12 May 1942) was an Australian Poet. "Drawn from Life" is also the name of a series of short animated films by Paul Fierlinger Drawn from Life is a 2001 music album John Henry Olsen, AO, OBE (born 1928 in Newcastle New South Wales) is an Australian Artist. After Images is his latest collection of poetry.
Gray is also a successful photographer.
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Awards
- 1986 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry for Selected Poems 1963-83
- 1990 - Patrick White Award
- 1994 - Victorian Premier's Literary Award - C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry for Certain Things
- 2002 - The Age Book of the Year Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize for Afterimages
- 2002 - Victorian Premier's Literary Award - C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry for Afterimages
Bibliography
Collections
- Nameless Earth (Carcanet, 2006)
- Afterimages (Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002)
- New selected poems (Duffy & Snellgrove, 1998)
- Lineations (Duffy & Snellgrove , 1996)
- Certain things (William Heinemann Australia, 1993)
- Selected poems (Angus & Robertson, 1990)
- Piano (Angus & Robertson, 1988)
- Selected poems 1963-1983 (Angus & Robertson, 1985)
- The skylight (Angus & Robertson, 1984)
- Grass script (Angus & Robertson, 1979)
- Creekwater journal (University of Queensland Press, 1974)
- Introspect, retrospect : poems (Lyre-Bird Writers, c. The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White. The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Governmentwith the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's The C J Dennis Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for a significant selection of new work by a poet published in a book The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne 's The Age newspaper The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Governmentwith the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's The C J Dennis Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for a significant selection of new work by a poet published in a book Events French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon. Events March 16: Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and fired a newspaper editor following the Events Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago (it will run until 2004) Events National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in Events January 20 &mdash Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton T Events Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day Works published in English Australia Events The first annual The Best American Poetry volume is published this year Events The term " New Formalism " was first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in the May 1985 issue of the AWP Newsletter in an Events December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate Events The Kenyon Review is restarted by Kenyon College 10 years after the original publication was closed Events The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics is founded by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman. 1970)
Edited
- A spill of light, a thrust of shadow (Youngstreet Poets, 1999)
- Australian poetry in the twentieth century (William Heinemann Australia, 1991) edited with Geoffrey Lehmann
- Sydney's poems : a selection on the occasion of the city's one hundred and fiftieth anniversary 1842-1992 (Primavera Press, 1992) edited with Vivian Smith
- Selected poems / Roland Robinson (Angus & Robertson, 1989)
- The Younger Australian poets (Hale & Iremonger, c1983) edited with Geoffrey Lehmann
Biography
- The king's wife : five queen consorts (Secker & Warburg, 1990)
Notes
References
Geoffrey Lehmann (born 28 June 1940) is an Australian Poet, children's writer and tax lawyer 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 Geoffrey Lehmann (born 28 June 1940) is an Australian Poet, children's writer and tax lawyerDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic