Anthony Lawrence (poet)
{{Short description|Australian poet and novelist (born 1957)}}
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Anthony Lawrence (born 1957) is a contemporary Australian poet and novelist. Lawrence has received a number of Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board Grants, including a Fellowship, and has won many awards for his poetry, including the inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award, the Gwen Harwood Memorial Prize, and the Newcastle Poetry Prize (three times).[http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A$%23-] Austlit entry His most recent collection is Headwaters (Pitt Street Poetry) which was awarded the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry in 2017.
Published works
Poetry
- 101 Poems, Pitt Street Poetry, 2018
- Headwaters, Pitt Street Poetry, 2016
- Signal Flare, Puncher & Wattman, 2013
- The Welfare of My Enemy, Puncher & Wattman.
- Bark, University of Queensland Press, 2008.
- Words & Music, Picaro Press, 2008.
- Magnetic Field, Picaro Press, 2008.
- Strategies for Confronting Fear : New and Selected Poems Lancashire, England : Arc Publications, 2006.
- The Sleep of a Learning Man Giramondo Publishing, 2003.
- Skinned by Light : Poems 1989 – 2002 University of Queensland Press, 2002.
- New and Selected Poems University of Queensland Press, 1998.
- The Viewfinder University of Queensland Press, 1996.
- Cold Wires of Rain Penguin Books, 1995.
- The Darkwood Aquarium Penguin Books, 1993.
- Three Days Out of Tidal Town Hale and Iremonger, 1992.
- Dreaming in Stone Angus and Robertson, 1989.
Fiction
- In the Half-Light Picador, Australia and UK, and Carroll & Graff, USA, 2000.
Awards
- Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry, 2023: second prize{{Cite web |date=2023-10-04 |title=Beveridge wins $10k ACU Poetry Prize |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/10/04/238609/beveridge-wins-10k-acu-poetry-prize/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}
- Peter Porter Poetry Prize, 2022: winner for 'In the Shadows of Our Heads'{{Cite web|last=|date=2022-01-21|title=Lawrence wins 2022 Peter Porter Poetry Prize|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/01/21/208866/lawrence-wins-2022-peter-porter-poetry-prize/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}
- Australian Prime Ministers Literary Award for Poetry 2017
- Newcastle Poetry Prize 2015.
- The Philip Hodgins Medal. Awarded at the 2015 Mildura Writers Festival
- Newcastle Poetry Prize 2014. (jointly with Debi Hamilton)
- 6th Blake Poetry Prize 2013: winner for 'Appellations'{{cite web|title=2013 6th Blake Poetry Prize – Judges' Comments|url=http://www.blakeprize.com/news/6th-blake-poetry-prize-judges-comments|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021112411/http://www.blakeprize.com/news/6th-blake-poetry-prize-judges-comments|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2013|publisher=The Blake Society|access-date=14 December 2013}}
- Peter Porter Poetry Prize, 2010: winner for 'Domestic Emergencies'
- The Age Book of the Year Award, Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize, 2008: shortlisted for Bark
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Arts Queensland, Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry, 2008: shortlisted for Bark
- Peter Porter Poetry Prize, 2007: shortlisted for 'Guidance and Knowledge' (Note: Prize known as the ABR Poetry Prize in 2007.)
- Tasmania Book Prizes, Tasmania Book Prize, 2005: shortlisted for The Sleep of a Learning Man
- The Age Book of the Year Award, poetry, 2004: shortlisted for The Sleep of a Learning Man
- Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, The C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, 2004: shortlisted for The Sleep of a Learning Man
- Colin Roderick Award, 2002: shortlisted for Skinned by Light : Poems 1989 – 2002
- Josephine Ulrick National Poetry Prize, 2001: winner for 'The Rain'
- Inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award, 1999: winner for New and Selected Poems
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 1997: winner for The Viewfinder
- Grace Perry Memorial Award, 1988: runner-up for 'Blood Oath'
External links
- [http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A$%23-] Austlit entry page
- [http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/anthony-lawrence] Poetry Archive UK page
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110217131818/http://walleahpress.com.au/al.html] Interview with Ralph Wessman in Famous Reporter
- [http://rochfordstreetreview.com/2014/03/10/anthony-lawrence-the-blog-post-southerly-refused-to-publish/] Interview with Robbie Coburn in Rochford Street Review
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