Patrick White Award
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Edition 27 (2000) Winner
Thomas Shapcott
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Thomas Shapcott
Aliases:
Thomas William Shapcott
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1935-03-21 （Ipswich, Queensland）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ipswich, Queensland → Adelaide
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, playwright, editor, librettist, short story writer, teacher, tax accountant
- Active Years
- 1961-2024
- Affiliations
- Australia Council Literature Board, National Book Council, University of Adelaide
- Influenced By
- Ernest Bloch
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Grammar School | — | — | — | 1939-1950頃 | Australia |
| University of Queensland | Faculty of Arts | — | Bachelor of Arts | — | Australia |
Ipswich Grammar School
Period:
1939-1950頃
Country:
Australia
Left at age 15
University of Queensland
Faculty of Arts
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Time on Fire | Poetry | — | winner |
| 1967 | Myer Award for Australian Poetry | A Taste of Salt Water | Poetry | — | winner |
| 1976 | C.J. Dennis Memorial Poetry Competition | The Five Senses | Open Section | — | commended |
| 1978 | Canada-Australia Literary Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 1989 | Officer of the Order of Australia | — | Literature | Government of Australia | awarded |
| 1990 | Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings | — | — | Struga Poetry Evenings | laureate |
| 1996 | Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry | — | Poetry | — | winner |
| 1996 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | — | Special Discretionary Award | NSW Government | winner |
| 2000 | Patrick White Award | — | — | — | winner |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
1961
Work:
Time on Fire
Category:
Poetry
Result:
winner
Myer Award for Australian Poetry
1967
Work:
A Taste of Salt Water
Category:
Poetry
Result:
winner
C.J. Dennis Memorial Poetry Competition
1976
Work:
The Five Senses
Category:
Open Section
Result:
commended
Canada-Australia Literary Award
1978
Result:
winner
Officer of the Order of Australia
1989
Category:
Literature
Organization:
Government of Australia
Result:
awarded
Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings
1990
Organization:
Struga Poetry Evenings
Result:
laureate
Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry
1996
Category:
Poetry
Result:
winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1996
Category:
Special Discretionary Award
Organization:
NSW Government
Result:
winner
Patrick White Award
2000
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Time on Fire
1961 Poetry collectionEarly poetry collection. Winner of Grace Leven Prize.
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A Taste of Salt Water
1967 Poetry collectionPoetry collection. Myer Award winner.
White Stag of Exile
1984 NovelBibliography
- Time on Fire
- The Mankind Thing
- Sonnets 1960-1963
- A Taste of Salt Water: Poems
- Inwards to the Sun: Poems
- Fingers at Air: Experimental Poems 1969
- Interim Report: some poems 1970/71
- Begin with Walking
- Two Voices: Poems
- Shabbytown Calendar
- Seventh Avenue Poems
- Selected Poems
- Turning Full Circle
- Stump and Grape and Bopple-Nut
- Welcome!
- Travel Dice
- Selected Poems 1956-1988
- In the Beginning
- The City of Home
- The Sun's Waste is Our Energy
- Cities in Exile
- Chekhov's Mongoose
- Music Circus and Other Poems
- Adelaide Lunch Sonnets
- The City of Empty Rooms
- The Book of Hanging Gardens
- Part of Us
- At Marcoola
- The Birthday Gift
- White Stag of Exile
- Hotel Bellevue
- The Search for Galina
- Mona's Gift
- Theatre of Darkness
- Spirit Wrestlers
- Limestone and Lemon Wine: Stories
- What You Own: Stories
- Gatherers and Hunters: Stories
- Holiday of the Ikon
- Flood Children
- Writers Interviews with the Camera
- Biting the Bullet: A Literary memoir
- Twins in the Family: Interviews with Australian Twins
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental poetryurban imagerypersonal narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- exilecitiesmusic
Legacy
Prolific Australian poet, novelist, and editor with over 15 poetry collections and 6 novels. Recipient of numerous awards including the Patrick White Award.
Archives
- National Library of Australia
- Academy Library, University of Adelaide
In Popular Culture
- The album 'First Seed Ripening' by Elixir and Katie Noonan is inspired by Shapcott's writing.
Trivia
- Has a twin brother born the day before (20 March 1935). The brother is right-handed, while he is left-handed.
- By age 19, wrote several musical works but abandoned music upon discovering unconscious plagiarism of Ernest Bloch.
- Left school at 15 to work in his father's accountancy firm, later completed accountancy degree in 1961.