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Lucy Dougan

ルーシー・ダウガン

Rūshī Dowgan

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1966 (Perth, Western Australia)
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Perth, Western Australia

Career

Occupations
poet
Active Years
1998-

Education

University of Western Australia
Literature
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2009
Country: Australia
PhD thesis in dual format ‘On the Circumvesuviana’ (poetry) and ‘The Vesuvian Imaginary: The Woman's Journey to Naples in Three Texts’ (dissertation).

Awards

Mary Gilmore Award
2000
Work: Memory Shell
Category: First Book of Poetry
Organization: ASAL
Result: won
Alec Bolton Award
2006
Work: White Clay
Category: Unpublished Manuscript
Organization: ACT Poetry Prize
Result: won
Judith Wright Calanthe Award
2015
Work: The Guardians
Result: shortlisted
Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry
2016
Work: The Guardians
Result: shortlisted
Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards — Poetry
2016
Work: The Guardians
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Memory Shell

1998 poetry collection

White Clay

2008 poetry collection

Against Lawns

2011 poetry collection

On the Circumvesuviana

2012 poetry collection

The Guardians

2015 poetry collection

Bibliography

  • Memory Shell (1998)
  • White Clay (2008)
  • Against Lawns (2011)
  • On the Circumvesuviana (2012)
  • The Guardians (2015)

Legacy

Australian poet whose first collection was published in 1998, with several awards won.