South Australian Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1996) Winner
John Kinsella
ジョン・キンセラ
Jon Kinsera
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1963-02-02 （Perth, Western Australia）
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Perth, Western Australia → Kenyon College, Ohio, United States → Cambridge University, England → Curtin University, Perth, Australia → University of Tübingen, Germany
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, critic, essayist, editor, professor
- Active Years
- 1989-2024
- Affiliations
- Churchill College, Fellow, Curtin University, Emeritus Professor of Literature and Environment
- Influenced By
- Judith Wright
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | — | Poetry | — | co-winner |
| 2013 | Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Jam Tree Gully | Poetry | — | winner |
| — | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | — | — | — | winner |
| — | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | — | — | — | winner |
| — | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | — | — | — | winner |
| 2008 | Christopher Brennan Award | — | — | — | winner |
| — | Victorian Premier's Literary Award | — | Poetry | — | winner |
| — | Judith Wright Calanthe Award | — | Poetry | — | winner |
| — | Judith Wright Calanthe Award | — | Poetry | — | winner |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
2012
Category:
Poetry
Result:
co-winner
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
2013
Work:
Jam Tree Gully
Category:
Poetry
Result:
winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
Result:
winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
Result:
winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
Result:
winner
Christopher Brennan Award
2008
Result:
winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
Category:
Poetry
Result:
winner
Judith Wright Calanthe Award
Category:
Poetry
Result:
winner
Judith Wright Calanthe Award
Category:
Poetry
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
2 appearances
-
Edition 0 (1998) Winner
-
Edition 0 (2003) Winner
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 6 (2013) Winner
Works
Major Works
Jam Tree Gully: Poems
2011 PoetryA collection of poems exploring regional landscapes and ecology.
landscapeecologyregionalism
Drowning in Wheat: Selected Poems
2016 Selected PoemsSelected poems from 1980-2015.
wheatlandscapepolitics
The New Arcadia
2005 PoetryPoems themed around a new Arcadia.
landscapeutopia
Peripheral Light: New and Selected Poems
2003 New and Selected PoemsIncludes introduction by Harold Bloom.
peripheral lightlandscape
Bibliography
- The Book of Two Faces: Poems (1989)
- Night Parrots (1989)
- Ultramarine: Poems (1991)
- Poems 1980-1994 (1997)
- The Silo: A Pastoral Symphony (1995)
- Jam Tree Gully: Poems (2011)
- Drowning in Wheat: Selected Poems (2016)
- The Ascension of Sheep (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- strongly influenced by landscapeinternational regionalismpolysituatedness
- Recurring Motifs
- placeveganismanarchismpacifismenvironmentalism
Legacy
Prominent Australian poet known for landscape and ecology-themed works, winner of numerous awards, author of over 50 books.
Archives
- University of Western Australia Library Special Collections
- National Library of Australia
- University of New South Wales
- Kenyon College
- University of Leeds
Trivia
- vegan
- vegan anarchist pacifist
- co-runs blog Mutually Said with Tracy Ryan