Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1984) Winner
Rosemary de Brissac Dobson
ローズマリー・ドブソン
Rōzumarī Dobuson
Aliases:
Rosemary Dobson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1920-06-18 （Sydney）
- Died
- 2012-06-27 （Canberra） age 92
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sydney → London (1966-1971) → Canberra (1971- )
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Illustrator, Editor, Anthologist, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1944-2012
- Affiliations
- Angus & Robertson, Brindabella Press
- Memberships
- Association for the Study of Australian Literature Honorary Life Member, Australian National University Honorary Convocation Member
- Influenced By
- Austin Dobson, Thea Proctor, Douglas Stewart, Joan Phipson
- Influenced
- Alan Gould, Geoff Page
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frensham School | — | Art | — | — | Australia |
| University of Sydney | — | Non-degree student | — | 21歳時 | Australia |
| Thea Proctor's design classes | — | Design | — | — | Australia |
Frensham School
Art
Country:
Australia
Mother worked as housemistress. Stayed on as apprentice teacher of art and art history
University of Sydney
Non-degree student
Period:
21歳時
Country:
Australia
Thea Proctor's design classes
Design
Country:
Australia
Australian artist Thea Proctor under whom she studied design
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Sydney Morning Herald Poetry Prize | The Ship of Ice | — | The Sydney Morning Herald | 受賞 |
| 1966 | Myer Award II for Australian Poetry | Cock Crow | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Robert Frost Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Patrick White Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | The Three Fates & Other Poems | 年間最優秀詩集 | — | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Victorian Premier's Literary Award | The Three Fates | — | — | 共同受賞 |
| 1987 | Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) | — | — | Australian Government | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Australia Council Writer’s Emeritus Award | — | — | Australia Council | 受賞 |
| 2001 | The Age Book of the Year Poetry Award | Untold Lives & Later Poems | 年間最優秀作品および詩部門 | The Age | 受賞 |
| 2006 | NSW Alice Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2006 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Special Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Sydney Morning Herald Poetry Prize
1948
Work:
The Ship of Ice
Organization:
The Sydney Morning Herald
Result:
受賞
Myer Award II for Australian Poetry
1966
Work:
Cock Crow
Result:
受賞
Robert Frost Award
1979
Result:
受賞
Patrick White Award
1984
Result:
受賞
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
1984
Work:
The Three Fates & Other Poems
Category:
年間最優秀詩集
Result:
受賞
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
1985
Work:
The Three Fates
Result:
共同受賞
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
1987
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
受賞
Australia Council Writer’s Emeritus Award
1996
Organization:
Australia Council
Result:
受賞
The Age Book of the Year Poetry Award
2001
Work:
Untold Lives & Later Poems
Category:
年間最優秀作品および詩部門
Organization:
The Age
Result:
受賞
NSW Alice Award
2006
Result:
受賞
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Special Award
2006
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Ship of Ice
1948 PoetryPoetry collection
ArtAntiquityMythology
The Three Fates & Other Poems
1984 PoetryAward-winning poetry collection
FateMythology
Untold Lives & Later Poems
2000 PoetryLater poems collection
LivesArt
Bibliography
- In a Convex Mirror (1944)
- The Ship of Ice (1948)
- Child with a Cockatoo (1955)
- Selected Poems (1963)
- Cock Crow (1965)
- L'Enfant au Cacatoès (1965)
- Selected Poems (1973)
- Greek Coins: A sequence of poems (1977)
- Over the Frontier (1978)
- The Continuance of Poetry (1981)
- The Three Fates & Other Poems (1984)
- Seeing and Believing (1990)
- Collected Poems (1991)
- Untold Lives & Later Poems (2000)
- Poems to Hold or Let Go (2008)
- Rosemary Dobson Collected (2012)
Translations by Author
- Moscow Trefoil: Poems from the Russian of Anna Akhmatova and Osip Mandelstam (1975)
- Seven Russian Poets: Imitations (1980)
Translations of Works
- L'Enfant au Cacatoès (1965, French)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Consistency balanced with varietyReserve with passionPast with presentTradition with innovation
- Recurring Motifs
- ArtAntiquityMythologyMotherhoodAustralia and Europe
Legacy
Made significant contribution to Australian literature, publishing fourteen volumes of poetry. Known for love of art, antiquity, and mythology.
Archives
- National Library of Australia, Papers of Rosemary Dobson (Ms 4955)
In Popular Culture
- Rosemary Dobson Award (part of ACT Poetry Award, 2005-2011)
Quotes
-
I hope it will be perceived that the poems presented here are part of a search for something only fugitively glimpsed, a state of grace which one once knew, or imagined, or from which one was turned away. Surely everyone who writes poetry would agree this is part of it - a doomed but urgent wish to express the inexpressible.
Source: Introduction to Selected Poems (1973) (1973)
Trivia
- Father died when she was five. Grandfather was poet Austin Dobson.
- Older sister Ruth Dobson was Australia's first woman career diplomat ambassador.
- Portrayed three times by Norman Lindsay.
- Husband Alec Bolton founded Brindabella Press.