Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 48 (2021) Winner
Adam Aitken
アダム・アイトケン
Adam Aitken
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-01-01 （London）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Thailand (early childhood with relatives) → Malaysia (convent school) → Perth, Western Australia → Sydney, Australia (moved 1969)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Associate poetry editor for HEAT magazine
- Influenced By
- Gig Ryan, John Forbes, John Tranter, Pam Brown, New York School poets
- Nominations
- John Bray Award 2010 (Eighth Habitation shortlisted), The Age Book of the Year 2001 runner-up (Romeo and Juliet in Subtitles), Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry 2018 (Archipelago shortlisted), Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2018 (Archipelago shortlisted), ASAL Gold Medal longlisted (One Hundred Letters Home), Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry 2023 (Revenants shortlisted)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sydney | — | English and Art Film History | — | — | Australia |
| — | — | Linguistics | Master's | — | Australia |
| University of Technology, Sydney | — | Centre for New Writing | Doctorate in Creative Arts | — | Australia |
University of Sydney
English and Art Film History
Country:
Australia
Majored in English and Art Film History. Informal creative writing workshops.
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Linguistics
Degree:
Master's
Country:
Australia
Master's in linguistics
University of Technology, Sydney
Centre for New Writing
Degree:
Doctorate in Creative Arts
Country:
Australia
Doctoral thesis: Writing the hybrid: Asian imaginaries in Australian literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Patrick White Award | — | 詩 | Patrick White Literary Award committee | 受賞 |
Patrick White Award
2021
Category:
詩
Organization:
Patrick White Literary Award committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Eighth Habitation
2009 PoetryArchipelago
2017 PoetryRevenants
2022 PoetryBibliography
- Letter to Marco Polo (1985)
- In One House (1996)
- Crossing Lake Toba (1998)
- Romeo And Juliet in Subtitles (2000)
- Eighth Habitation (2009)
- One Hundred Letters Home (2016)
- Archipelago (2017)
- Revenants (2022)
Translations by Author
- Contemporary Asian Australian Poets (co-edited, 2013)
Translations of Works
- French, Swedish, German, Polish, Malay, Mandarin, Russian
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- postcolonial and lyricalpostmodern commitment to language play and experimentation
- Recurring Motifs
- cross-cultural identityfamily connection in transnational contextcultural hybridity
Legacy
Australian poet who won the Patrick White Award. Editor of Contemporary Asian Australian Poets anthology.
Trivia
- Australian of Thai descent
- British emigrant to Australia born in London