ACT Book of the Year
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1996) Winner
Paul Hetherington
ポール・ヘザリントン
Pōru Hetherington
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1958-03-06 （Rose Park, South Australia, Adelaide）
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Adelaide, Australia → Canberra, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Emeritus Professor, Editor
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Canberra, National Library of Australia
- Memberships
- ACT Writers Centre (founder), Australian Book Review Board
- Nominations
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry shortlist (Burnt Umber)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Western Australia | — | Literature | Doctoral | — | Australia |
University of Western Australia
Literature
Degree:
Doctoral
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
Australia
Completed doctoral thesis
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ACT Literary Awards: inaugural Marion Halligan Award | Sleeplessness | Poetry | ACT Literary Awards | Winner |
| 2021 | Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2014 | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Poetry | Six Different Windows | Poetry | — | Winner |
| 1996 | ACT Book of the Year | Shadow Swimmer | — | — | Winner |
ACT Literary Awards: inaugural Marion Halligan Award
2024
Work:
Sleeplessness
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
ACT Literary Awards
Result:
Winner
Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize
2021
Result:
Winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Poetry
2014
Work:
Six Different Windows
Category:
Poetry
Result:
Winner
ACT Book of the Year
1996
Work:
Shadow Swimmer
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sleeplessness
2023 PoetryPoetry collection on sleeplessness
SleeplessnessDaily life
Six Different Windows
2013 PoetryPoetry exploring perspectives from different windows
PerspectiveMemory
Burnt Umber
2016 PoetryIncludes prose poetry and ekphrastic poetry
PaintingProse poetry
Blood and Old Belief
2003 Verse novelVerse novel
BeliefBloodline
Bibliography
- Acts Themselves Trivial (1991)
- Shadow Swimmer (1995)
- Six Different Windows (2013)
- Burnt Umber (2016)
- Sleeplessness (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- condensed languageramifyingpolysemousunparaphraseable
- Recurring Motifs
- memorysensualityekphrasis
Legacy
Prominent Australian poet and Emeritus Professor at University of Canberra. Multiple awards for poetry collections, known for prose poetry and ekphrastic works.
Quotes
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One of the ways I recognise the poetic is when I find works in which language is condensed, ramifying, polysemous and unparaphraseable.
Source: Verity La interview (2013)
Trivia
- Decided to write poetry at age 11
- Controversy over editing Donald Friend's diaries
- Founded International Poetry Studies Institute (IPSI)