Prime Minister's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (2014) Winner
Melinda Smith
メリンダ・スミス
Merinda Sumisu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1971 （Australia）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Canberra
Career
- Occupations
- poet, Poetry Editor
- Active Years
- 2001-2024
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call | poetry | Australia Council for the Arts | winner |
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
2014
Work:
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Category:
poetry
Organization:
Australia Council for the Arts
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call
2013 poetry collectionA collection with a range of technique and tone, depth of ideas, imagery and emotion.
modern lifeemotion
First... Then...: Poems from Planet Autism
2012 poetry collectionPoems about her son with autism.
autismfamily
Bibliography
- Pushing Thirty, Wearing Seventeen (2001)
- Mapless in Underland (2004)
- First... Then...: Poems from Planet Autism (2012)
- Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call (2013)
- Goodbye, Cruel (2017)
- 1962: Be Spoken To (2015–2017)
- Members Only (2017)
- Listen, bitch (2019)
- Perfectly Bruised (2019)
- Man-handled (2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- range of technique and tonedepth of ideas, imagery and emotion
- Recurring Motifs
- autismfamily experiences
Legacy
Recognized as a major new Australian poet, winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards.
Quotes
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From its range of technique and tone to its depth of ideas, imagery and emotion, this collection announces the arrival of a major new poet.
Source: Judges' Comments (2014)
Trivia
- One of her sons has autism, which has been the subject of many of her poems.
- Poetry Editor of The Canberra Times from June 2015 to June 2017.