Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 46 (2019) Winner
Jordie Albiston
ジョーディ・アルビストン
Jordie Albiston
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1961-09-30 （Melbourne, Victoria, Australia）
- Died
- 2022-02-28 age 60
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Melbourne
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Active Years
- 1995-2022
- Nominations
- FAW Anne Elder Award runner-up for Nervous Arcs (1996), NSW Premier's Literary Award, Kenneth Slessor Prize shortlist for Nervous Arcs (1996)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian College of the Arts | Music | — | — | — | Australia |
| La Trobe University | — | English | 博士号 | — | Australia |
Victorian College of the Arts
Music
Country:
Australia
Studied music
La Trobe University
English
Degree:
博士号
Year of Graduation:
1996
Country:
Australia
Doctorate in English
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Mary Gilmore Award | Nervous Arcs | 詩集 | Association for the Study of Australian Literature | winner |
| 2010 | NSW Premier's Literary Award, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | the sonnet according to 'm' | 詩 | NSW Government | winner |
| 2019 | Patrick White Award | — | — | Perpetual Trustees | winner |
Mary Gilmore Award
1996
Work:
Nervous Arcs
Category:
詩集
Organization:
Association for the Study of Australian Literature
Result:
winner
NSW Premier's Literary Award, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
2010
Work:
the sonnet according to 'm'
Category:
詩
Organization:
NSW Government
Result:
winner
Patrick White Award
2019
Organization:
Perpetual Trustees
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nervous Arcs
1995 PoetryFirst collection of poems
Nervous arcs
Botany Bay Document
1996 Documentary poetryA poetic history of the women of Botany Bay
Colonial history
Adaptations
- [Performance] Dreaming Transportation / Andrée Greenwell (2003)
the sonnet according to 'm'
2009 SonnetCollection of sonnets
Bibliography
- Nervous Arcs (1995)
- Botany Bay Document (1996)
- The Hanging of Jean Lee (1998)
- The Fall (2003)
- Vertigo: a cantata (2007)
- the sonnet according to 'm' (2009)
- Euclid's dog (2017)
- Warlines (2018)
- Fifteeners (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- StructuralismMathematicsDocumentaryFormal poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- MathematicsWarLoveHistory
Legacy
Recognized as a major Australian poet for her innovative formal poetry.
Trivia
- Grew up in Melbourne.
- Had three spouses.
- Wrote a book-length poem about her dogs Jack and Mollie.