Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (2001) Winner
Geoff Page
ジェフ・ページ
Jefu Pēji
Aliases:
Geoffrey Donald Page
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1940-09-07 （Grafton, New South Wales）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Grafton, New South Wales → Canberra
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, translator, teacher, jazz enthusiast
- Active Years
- 1971-2024
- Affiliations
- Narrabundah College
- Influenced By
- William Carlos Williams
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of New England (Australia) | — | English Department | — | — | Australia |
University of New England (Australia)
English Department
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Patrick White Award | — | 詩 | — | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Christopher Brennan Award | — | 詩 | — | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Darker and Lighter | 詩 | — | 受賞 |
| 2017 | ACU Poetry Prize | Charles S. Ryan to Alice E. Sumner | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2020 | ACU Poetry Prize | Jericho | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Medal of the Order of Australia | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Patrick White Award
2001
Category:
詩
Result:
受賞
Christopher Brennan Award
2006
Category:
詩
Result:
受賞
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
2001
Work:
Darker and Lighter
Category:
詩
Result:
受賞
ACU Poetry Prize
2017
Work:
Charles S. Ryan to Alice E. Sumner
Result:
受賞
ACU Poetry Prize
2020
Work:
Jericho
Result:
受賞
Medal of the Order of Australia
2023
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Collected Lives
1986 PoetryPoetry collection
everyday lifesociety
Darker and Lighter
2001 PoetryPoetry collection. Winner of Grace Leven Prize
light and dark
Bibliography
- Smalltown memorials (1975)
- Collecting the weather (1978)
- Darker and Lighter (2001)
Translations by Author
- Century of Clouds (in progress, translations)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- spare precision of short linessatiricallyrical
- Recurring Motifs
- jazzcontemporary societypolitics
Legacy
Prominent Australian poet with 22 poetry collections. Organizes poetry and jazz events.
In Popular Culture
- Grandfather was former PM Earle Page
Quotes
-
The world, it's plain, is inexact – and so with Wikipedia.
Source: The Weekend Australian (2014)
Trivia
- Grandfather was former Australian Prime Minister Earle Page.
- Curates poetry and jazz events in Canberra.