Judith Bishop
{{Short description|Australian poet and linguist}}
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| birth_date = 1972
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria
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| occupation = Poet and linguist
| language = English
| nationality = Australian
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| notableworks = Interval
| awards = 2019 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry winner
| years_active = 1991-
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Judith Bishop (born 1972) is a contemporary Australian poet, linguist and translator.
Biography
Judith Bishop was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1972. She holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, an MFA in Writing from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Melbourne. In 1994 she received the Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship for postgraduate study in the United Kingdom.
{{cite web|title="Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship" |publisher= The University of Melbourne|url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/calendar/honcausa/raedith.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160310080642/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/calendar/honcausa/raedith.html|access-date= 16 May 2024|archive-date= 10 March 2016}} Her MPhil thesis at Cambridge treated the poetry of Yves Bonnefoy.{{cite web|title="Judith Bishop on Yves Bonnefoy" |publisher= Jacket Magazine|url=http://jacketmagazine.com/14/bishop-bonnefoy.html|access-date= 16 May 2024}}
In addition to her own work, Bishop has an interest in translating French poets, and has published translations of Philippe Jaccottet, René Char and Gérard Macé.{{cite web|title= Austlit — Judith Bishop |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A3724|access-date= 16 May 2024}}
Published works
- Interval (UQP, February 2018)
- Event (Salt Publishing, 2007) {{ISBN|978-1-84471-283-0}}
- Aftermarks (Vagabond Press, 2012)
- Alice Missing in Wonderland and other poems (Picaro Press, 2008)
Awards
- Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, 2002-2004
- FAW Anne Elder Award, 2007, winner for Event{{cite web|title="2007 National Literary Awards" |publisher=FAW|url=http://www.writers.asn.au/uploads/file/pdf/FAWResults2007.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720000056/http://www.writers.asn.au/uploads/file/pdf/FAWResults2007.PDF |access-date= 16 May 2024|archive-date=20 July 2008 }}
- Association for the Study of Australian Literature's Mary Gilmore Prize, 2008, shortlisted for Event{{cite web|title= Austlit — Judith Bishop awards |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A3724?mainTabTemplate=agentAwards|access-date= 16 May 2024}}
- Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry, 2007, shortlisted for Event
- Victorian Premier's Awards C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, shortlisted for Event{{Cite web |title="Victorian Premier's Literary Awards", Literary Festivals |url=http://www.literaryfestivals.com.au/awards/victorian_premiers_awards.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530162749/http://www.literaryfestivals.com.au/awards/victorian_premiers_awards.html |archive-date=2015-05-30 |access-date=2015-06-30}}
- Peter Porter Poetry Prize, winner for "Still Life with Cockles and Shells" 2006, co-winner for "Openings" 2011{{cite web|title="Past Winners Of The Peter Porter Poetry Prize" |date= 30 July 2014|publisher= Australian Book Review|url=https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes-programs/peter-porter-poetry-prize/past-winners|access-date= 16 May 2024}}
- Melbourne Prize for Literature Best Writing Award, finalist for Interval, 2018
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, winner for Interval, 2019{{Cite web |last=Jefferson |first=Dee |date=2019-04-29 |title='I wanted to help change the conversation': History of Aboriginal archaeology wins literary prize |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-29/nsw-premiers-literary-awards-2019-billy-griffiths-les-murray/11053990 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2019-04-29 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU}}
- Melbourne Prize for Literature Civic Choice Award, 2024{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=Wright, Tiffany 2024 Melbourne Prize winners |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2024/11/14/262125/wright-tiffany-2024-melbourne-prize-winners/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}
External links
- Personal website{{cite web|title="Judith Bishop" |publisher= Judith Bishop|url=http://www.judithbishop.net/|access-date= 16 May 2024}}
- Salt Publishing author page{{cite web|title="Judith Bishop" |publisher= Salt Publishing|url=http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/9781844712830.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110411061927/http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/9781844712830.htm|access-date= 16 May 2024|archive-date= 11 April 2011}}
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Category:Australian translators
Category:Australian women poets
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge