Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1982) Winner
Bruce Beaver
ブルース・ビーバー
Burūsu Bībā
Aliases:
Bruce Victor Beaver
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-02-14 （Manly, New South Wales）
- Died
- 2004-02-17 age 76
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Manly, New South Wales → New Zealand (1958-1962) → Norfolk Island (1958-1962)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, cow farmer, radio worker, wages clerk, surveyor's labourer, fruit-picker, proof-reader, journalist
- Active Years
- 1961-2004
- Influenced
- Dorothy Porter
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manly Public School | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| Sydney Boys' High School | — | — | — | — | Australia |
Manly Public School
Country:
Australia
Sydney Boys' High School
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Letters to Live Poets | Poetry | — | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Patrick White Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | — | Special Award | — | 受賞 |
| 1991 | Member of the Order of Australia | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1995 | C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry | Anima and Other Poems | Poetry | — | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Wesley Michel Wright Prize | — | Poetry | — | 受賞 |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
1970
Work:
Letters to Live Poets
Category:
Poetry
Result:
受賞
Patrick White Award
1982
Result:
受賞
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1990
Category:
Special Award
Result:
受賞
Member of the Order of Australia
1991
Result:
受賞
C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
1995
Work:
Anima and Other Poems
Category:
Poetry
Result:
受賞
Wesley Michel Wright Prize
1995
Category:
Poetry
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Letters to Live Poets
1969 PoetryA collection of poems in the form of letters to living poets.
WarLife
Anima and Other Poems
1994 PoetryLate poetry collection.
SpiritNature
Bibliography
- Under the Bridge (1961)
- Seawall and Shoreline (1964)
- Open at Random (1967)
- Letters to Live Poets (1969)
- Lauds and plaints: poems (1968-1972) (1974)
- Odes and Days (1975)
- Death's Directives (1978)
- Headlands: Prose sketches (1986)
- Charmed Lives (1988)
- New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 (1991)
- Anima and Other Poems (1994)
- Poets and others (1999)
- The Long Game and Other Poems (2005)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- pungentdiscursiveferaldisturbingwisefunny
- Recurring Motifs
- Atomic bombBipolar disorderStruggles of life
Health
-
bipolar disorder生涯Continued writing until near death despite it.
Legacy
One of Australia's greatest and most magical poets.
In Popular Culture
- Named as favorite by Dorothy Porter.
Quotes
-
Bruce Beaver is one of Australia's greatest and most magical poets. I have been carrying his book Charmed Lives (UQP) around in my bag like an amulet. His poetry is pungent, discursive, feral, disturbing, wise and very funny.
Source: Dorothy Porter (2004)
Trivia
- Wrote his first poem in response to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.