New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1986) Winner
Robert Gray
ロバート・グレイ
Robāto Gurei
Aliases:
Robert William Geoffrey Gray
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-02-23 （Port Macquarie）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Port Macquarie, Australia → Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia → Country town on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia → Sydney, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- poet, freelance writer, critic, editor, advertising copywriter, bookshop buyer
- Active Years
- 1970-2024
- Affiliations
- Meiji University, Geelong College, Campion College
- Influenced By
- Les Murray
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | Selected Poems 1963–83 | Poetry | Government of New South Wales | Winner |
| 1986 | Adelaide Festival of the Arts Award for Poetry | Selected Poems 1963–83 | Poetry | Adelaide Arts Festival | Winner |
| 1986 | Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Selected Poems 1963–83 | Poetry | Australian Literature Board | Winner |
| 1990 | Patrick White Award | — | — | — | Winner |
| 1994 | Victorian Premier's Literary Award C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry | Certain Things | Poetry | Government of Victoria | Winner |
| 2002 | Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize | Afterimages | Poetry | The Age Book of the Year Awards | Winner |
| 2002 | Victorian Premier's Literary Award C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry | Afterimages | Poetry | Government of Victoria | Winner |
| 2011 | Australia Council Writers' Emeritus | — | — | Australia Council | Winner |
| 2012 | Philip Hodgins Memorial Prize | — | — | — | Winner |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
1986
Work:
Selected Poems 1963–83
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Government of New South Wales
Result:
Winner
Adelaide Festival of the Arts Award for Poetry
1986
Work:
Selected Poems 1963–83
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Adelaide Arts Festival
Result:
Winner
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
1986
Work:
Selected Poems 1963–83
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Australian Literature Board
Result:
Winner
Patrick White Award
1990
Result:
Winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Award C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
1994
Work:
Certain Things
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Government of Victoria
Result:
Winner
Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize
2002
Work:
Afterimages
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
The Age Book of the Year Awards
Result:
Winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Award C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
2002
Work:
Afterimages
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Government of Victoria
Result:
Winner
Australia Council Writers' Emeritus
2011
Organization:
Australia Council
Result:
Winner
Philip Hodgins Memorial Prize
2012
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
South Australian Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1986) Winner
Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (1990) Winner
Works
Major Works
Selected Poems 1963–83
1985 Poetry collectionA selection of poems from 1963 to 1983, noted for visual imagery and landscapes.
landscapesnatureImagism
Creekwater Journal
1974 Poetry collectionHis first book of poems.
nature
Cumulus: Collected Poems
2012 Poetry collectionCollected poems including earlier works and new ones.
landscapesZen
Afterimages
2002 Poetry collectionPoetry collection that won awards.
visual imagery
Bibliography
- The Land I Came Through Last
- Cumulus: Collected Poems
- Nameless Earth
- Afterimages
- New Selected Poems
- Lineations
- Certain Things
- Selected Poems
- Piano
- Selected Poems 1963–1983
- The Skylight
- Grass Script
- Creekwater Journal
- Introspect, Retrospect: Poems
- The King's Wife: Five Queen Consorts
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Imagismkeen visual imageryintensely observed landscapeshaiku-style free verse
- Recurring Motifs
- natureEast Asian culturesZen Buddhismman within nature
Legacy
Described as an Imagist without a rival in the English-speaking world and one of the contemporary masters of poetry in English. Captures Australian ambivalence towards landscapes.