Robert Gray (poet)

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Robert Gray (born February 23, 1945 ) is an Australian poet.

Gray grew up in the small town of Coffs Harbor on the north coast of New South Wales ; this coast is also the scene of many poems which justify his reputation as an outstanding landscape poet. Today he lives in Sydney . Edward Thomas , DH Lawrence and William Carlos Williams are among his literary models. Along with Les Murray, Gray is considered to be one of the most important contemporary Australian poets.

Works

Volumes of poetry

  • Introspect, Retrospect. Lyre-Bird Writers, Sydney 1970, ISBN 0909712026 .
  • Creekwater Journal. University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Queensland 1974, ISBN 0702209457 .
  • Grass Script. Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1979, ISBN 0207141290 .
  • The skylight. Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1984, ISBN 0207148880 .
  • Piano. Angus & Robertson, North Ryde, New South Wales 1988, ISBN 0207158908 .
  • Certain Things. William Heinemann Australia, Port Melbourne 1993, ISBN 0855615060 .
  • Lineations. Duffy & Snellgrove, Potts Point, New South Wales 1996, ISBN 1875989072 .
  • New Selected Poems. Duffy & Snellgrove, Sydney 1998, ISBN 1875989234 .
  • Afterimages. Duffy & Snellgrove, Potts Point, New South Wales 2002, ISBN 1876631228 .

Poems in German translation

prose

  • The Land I Came Through Last. Giramondo Publishing, Artarmon, New South Wales 2008, ISBN 1920882359 .

editor

  • Shaw Neilson: Selected Poems. Angus & Robertson, Pymble, New South Wales 1993, ISBN 020717170X .
  • John Olsen: Drawn from Life. Duffy & Snellgrove, Sydney 1997, ISBN 187598917X .
  • with Geoffrey Lehmann: The Younger Australian Poets. Hale & Iremonger, Sydney 1983, ISBN 0-86806-064-X , ISBN 0-86806-065-8 .
  • with Geoffrey Lehmann: Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century. Heinemann, Port Melbourne 1991, ISBN 0-85561-391-2 .

Awards

  • 1985: New South Wales Premier's Award for Poetry (for Selected Poems )
  • 1985: Adelaide Festival of the Arts Award
  • 1985: Grace Leven Poetry Prize
  • 1990: Patrick White Award
  • 1994: Victorian Premier's Literary Award (for Certain Things )
  • 2002: Victorian Premier's Literary Award (for Afterimages )
  • 2002: The Age Poetry book of the Year (for afterimages )

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ Short biography on lyrikline.org
  2. ^ Joachim Sartorius: Messages from the poetry . ISBN 3-89830-946-0 . Accompanying text in the audio book.
personal data
SURNAME Gray, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1945