Christopher Brennan Award

{{Short description|Australian award for lifetime achievement in poetry}}

The Christopher Brennan Award (formerly known as the Robert Frost Prize after American writer Robert Frost)Wilde et al. (1994) is an Australian award given for lifetime achievement in poetry. The award, established in 1973,[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136967841 "New poetry award], The Canberra Times, 28 March 1973, p. 19. Retrieved 23 February 2019. takes the form of a bronze plaque which is presented to a poet who produces work of "sustained quality and distinction".[https://web.archive.org/web/20060827231443/http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/grants/program/10808-3580.htm Grants and Services detail], cultureandrecreation.gov.au. Retrieved 23 February 2019. It was awarded by the Fellowship of Australian Writers and named after the poet Christopher Brennan. The most recent award was made in 2015.{{Cite book|url=http://www.fawvic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/FAW-Annual-Awards-2015-Results1.pdf|title=National Literary Awards Results 2015|publisher=Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria|year=2015|pages=15|access-date=16 July 2021|archive-date=7 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307201431/http://www.fawvic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/FAW-Annual-Awards-2015-Results1.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Recipients

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Year	Recipient	Reference
1974 \| R. D. Fitzgerald \|\| {{cite web \|title="Poetry prize" \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110806489 \|access-date=13 September 2023 \|publisher=The Canberra Times, 4 March 1976, p3}}
1975 \| Judith Wright \|\| {{cite web \|title="Awards by Fellowship of Australian Writers" \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116336649 \|access-date=13 September 2023 \|publisher=The Canberra Times, 5 March 1976, p16}}
1976 \| A. D. Hope \|\|
1977 \| Gwen Harwood \|\| {{cite web \|title=Harwood, Gwendoline Nessie (Gwen) (1920–1995) by Alison Hoddinott \|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harwood-gwendoline-nessie-gwen-22407 \|access-date=13 September 2023 \|publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography}}
1978 \| Rosemary Dobson \|\| {{cite web \|title="Dobson, Rosemary de Brissac (1920 - 2012)" \|url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE4848b.htm \|access-date=13 September 2023 \|publisher=The Australian Women's Register}}
1979 \| Not awarded \|\| {{cite web \|title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1978-79 \|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=21&count=3 \|access-date=13 September 2023 \|publisher=Austlit}}
1980 \| John Blight \|\| {{cite web \|title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1980-87 \|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=18&count=3 \|access-date=13 September 2023 \|publisher=Austlit}}
1981 \| Not awarded \|\|
1982 \| Vincent Buckley \|\|
1983 \| Bruce Dawe \|\|
1984 \| Not awarded \|\|
1985 \| Les Murray \|\| {{cite web \|title="Interview with Les A. Murray" by Barbara Williams \|url=https://westerlymag.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/37.2.45-56.pdf \|access-date=13 September 2023 \|publisher=Westerly, Winter 1992}}
1986 \| Not awarded \|\|
1987 \| Not awarded \|\|
1988 \| Roland Robinson \|\| {{cite web \|title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1988-92 \|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=15&count=3 \|access-date=13 September 2023 \|publisher=Austlit}}
1989 \| Chris Wallace-Crabbe \|\| {{cite web \|title="Chris Wallace-Crabbe" \|url=https://poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poets/chris-wallace-crabbe/ \|access-date=13 September 2023 \|publisher=The Poetry Society}}
1990 \| Not awarded \|\|
1991 \| Elizabeth Riddell \|\|
rowspan="2" \| 1992 \| Oodgeroo Noonuccal \|\|
R. A. Simpson
1993 \| Geoffrey Dutton \|\| {{cite web \|title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1993-95 \|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=12&count=3 \|access-date=12 September 2023 \|publisher=Austlit}}
1994 \| Judith Rodriguez \|\|
rowspan="2" \| 1995 \| Robert Adamson \|\|
Thomas Shapcott \|
1996 \| Dorothy Hewett \|\| {{cite web \|title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1996-99 \|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=9&count=3 \|access-date=12 September 2023 \|publisher=Austlit}}
1997 \| Not awarded \|\|
1998 \| Jennifer Maiden \|\|
1999 \| Kevin Hart \|\|
2000 \| J. S. Harry \|\| {{cite web \|title="Results of the 2000 National Literary Awards" \|url=https://writers.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2000-FAW-National-Literary-Awards-Results.pdf \|access-date=11 September 2023 \|publisher=FAW}}
2001 \| Dorothy Porter \|\| {{cite web \|title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 2001-04 \|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=6&count=3 \|access-date=11 September 2023 \|publisher=Austlit}}
2002 \| Dimitris Tsaloumas \|\| {{cite web \|title=A poet of two cultures : An Interview with Dimitris Tsaloumas \|url=http://www.anagnostis.info/specials.htm \|access-date=11 September 2023 \|publisher=Anagnostis e-Magazine}}
2003 \| Philip Salom \|\|
2004 \| Kris Hemensley \|\|
2005 \| Fay Zwicky \|\| {{cite web \|title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 2005-09 \|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3 \|access-date=11 September 2023 \|publisher=Austlit}}
2006 \| Geoff Page \|\|
2007 \| John Kinsella \|\| {{cite web \|title="PM's Literary Awards-Winners and shortlists-Armour" \|url=https://www.arts.gov.au/pm-literary-awards/shortlist/armour \|access-date=11 September 2023 \|publisher=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts}}
2009 \| Jennifer Strauss \|\|
2010 \| Peter Steele \|\| {{cite web \|title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 2010-15 \|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=0&count=3 \|access-date=10 September 2023 \|publisher=Austlit}}
2011 \| Jennifer Harrison \|\|
2012 \| Tim Thorne \|\| {{cite web \|title="THORNE, Tim—poetry, ‘Running out of Entropy’" \|url=https://walleahpress.com.au/bookshop/product/thorne-tim-poetry-running-out-of-entropy/ \|access-date=10 September 2023 \|publisher=Walleah Press}}
2013 \| Judith Beveridge \|\| {{cite web \|title="Judith Beveridge Honoured with the Christopher Brennan Award" \|url=https://giramondopublishing.com/judith-beveridge-honoured-with-the-christopher-brennan-award/ \|access-date=10 September 2023 \|publisher=Giromondo Publishing, 22 April 2014}}
2014 \| Alan Wearne \|\| {{cite web \|title="National Literary Awards Results 2014" \|url=https://writers.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2014-FAW-National-Literary-Awards-Results.pdf \|access-date=27 August 2023 \|publisher=Fellowship of Australian Writers}}
2015 \| Gig Ryan \|\|

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Year

Recipient

Reference

1974

| R. D. Fitzgerald || {{cite web |title="Poetry prize" |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110806489 |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=The Canberra Times, 4 March 1976, p3}}

1975

| Judith Wright || {{cite web |title="Awards by Fellowship of Australian Writers" |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116336649 |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=The Canberra Times, 5 March 1976, p16}}

1976

| A. D. Hope ||

1977

| Gwen Harwood || {{cite web |title=Harwood, Gwendoline Nessie (Gwen) (1920–1995) by Alison Hoddinott |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harwood-gwendoline-nessie-gwen-22407 |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography}}

1978

| Rosemary Dobson || {{cite web |title="Dobson, Rosemary de Brissac (1920 - 2012)" |url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE4848b.htm |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=The Australian Women's Register}}

1979

| Not awarded || {{cite web |title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1978-79 |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=21&count=3 |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=Austlit}}

1980

| John Blight || {{cite web |title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1980-87 |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=18&count=3 |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=Austlit}}

| Not awarded ||

| Vincent Buckley ||

| Bruce Dawe ||

| Not awarded ||

| Les Murray || {{cite web |title="Interview with Les A. Murray" by Barbara Williams |url=https://westerlymag.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/37.2.45-56.pdf |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=Westerly, Winter 1992}}

1986

| Not awarded ||

1987

| Not awarded ||

1988

| Roland Robinson || {{cite web |title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1988-92 |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=15&count=3 |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=Austlit}}

1989

| Chris Wallace-Crabbe || {{cite web |title="Chris Wallace-Crabbe" |url=https://poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poets/chris-wallace-crabbe/ |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=The Poetry Society}}

1990

| Not awarded ||

1991

| Elizabeth Riddell ||

rowspan="2" | 1992

| Oodgeroo Noonuccal ||

R. A. Simpson

1993

| Geoffrey Dutton || {{cite web |title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1993-95 |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=12&count=3 |access-date=12 September 2023 |publisher=Austlit}}

1994

| Judith Rodriguez ||

rowspan="2" | 1995

| Robert Adamson ||

Thomas Shapcott

1996

| Dorothy Hewett || {{cite web |title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1996-99 |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=9&count=3 |access-date=12 September 2023 |publisher=Austlit}}

| Not awarded ||

| Jennifer Maiden ||

| Kevin Hart ||

| J. S. Harry || {{cite web |title="Results of the 2000 National Literary Awards" |url=https://writers.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2000-FAW-National-Literary-Awards-Results.pdf |access-date=11 September 2023 |publisher=FAW}}

2001

| Dorothy Porter || {{cite web |title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 2001-04 |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=6&count=3 |access-date=11 September 2023 |publisher=Austlit}}

2002

| Dimitris Tsaloumas || {{cite web |title=A poet of two cultures : An Interview with Dimitris Tsaloumas |url=http://www.anagnostis.info/specials.htm |access-date=11 September 2023 |publisher=Anagnostis e-Magazine}}

2003

| Philip Salom ||

2004

| Kris Hemensley ||

2005

| Fay Zwicky || {{cite web |title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 2005-09 |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3 |access-date=11 September 2023 |publisher=Austlit}}

2006

| Geoff Page ||

2007

| John Kinsella || {{cite web |title="PM's Literary Awards-Winners and shortlists-Armour" |url=https://www.arts.gov.au/pm-literary-awards/shortlist/armour |access-date=11 September 2023 |publisher=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts}}

2009

| Jennifer Strauss ||

2010

| Peter Steele || {{cite web |title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 2010-15 |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=0&count=3 |access-date=10 September 2023 |publisher=Austlit}}

2011

| Jennifer Harrison ||

2012

| Tim Thorne || {{cite web |title="THORNE, Tim—poetry, ‘Running out of Entropy’" |url=https://walleahpress.com.au/bookshop/product/thorne-tim-poetry-running-out-of-entropy/ |access-date=10 September 2023 |publisher=Walleah Press}}

2013

| Judith Beveridge || {{cite web |title="Judith Beveridge Honoured with the Christopher Brennan Award" |url=https://giramondopublishing.com/judith-beveridge-honoured-with-the-christopher-brennan-award/ |access-date=10 September 2023 |publisher=Giromondo Publishing, 22 April 2014}}

2014

| Alan Wearne || {{cite web |title="National Literary Awards Results 2014" |url=https://writers.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2014-FAW-National-Literary-Awards-Results.pdf |access-date=27 August 2023 |publisher=Fellowship of Australian Writers}}

2015

| Gig Ryan ||

The award has been given posthumously to Francis Webb, James McAuley and David Campbell.

Christopher Brennan Award

Recipients

References

See also