Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
2 appearances
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Edition 0 (1999) Winner
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Edition 0 (2023) Fellowship
Tracy Ryan
トレイシー・ライアン
Torēshī Raian
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1964-01-01 （Western Australia）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English, French
- Residence History
- Western Australia → Cambridge, England → University of East Anglia → Ohio, USA
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, editor, publisher, translator, academic
- Active Years
- 1987-2023
- Affiliations
- Fremantle Press, Salt Publishing
- Influenced By
- Sylvia Plath, Dorothy Hewett
- Influenced
- John Kinsella
- Nominations
- 1994 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards shortlisted for Killing Delilah, 1995 T. A. G. Hungerford Award shortlisted for Vamp
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtin University | Faculty of Literature | Literature | Bachelor of Arts | 1980年代 | Australia |
| University of Western Australia | European Languages | European Languages | PhD | 1990年代-2013年 | Australia |
Curtin University
Faculty of Literature
/ Literature
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1980年代
Year of Graduation:
1988
Country:
Australia
Bachelor of Arts in Literature
University of Western Australia
European Languages
/ European Languages
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1990年代-2013年
Year of Graduation:
2013
Country:
Australia
Studied European languages, PhD in 2013
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Mattara Poetry Prize | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2000 | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Prize for Poetry | The Willing Eye | Poetry | Government of Western Australia | Winner |
| 2011 | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Prize for Poetry | The Argument | Poetry | Government of Western Australia | Winner |
| 2009 | Australian Book Review Poetry Prize | — | — | Australian Book Review | Winner |
Mattara Poetry Prize
1987
Result:
Winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Prize for Poetry
2000
Work:
The Willing Eye
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Government of Western Australia
Result:
Winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Prize for Poetry
2011
Work:
The Argument
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Government of Western Australia
Result:
Winner
Australian Book Review Poetry Prize
2009
Organization:
Australian Book Review
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Killing Delilah
1994 PoetryPoetry collection with feminist conceits.
feminismlanguage disruption
The Willing Eye
1999 PoetryPoetry collection, winner of WA Premier's Book Awards.
mythic elementspersonal experience
Vamp
1997 NovelNovel, shortlisted for T. A. G. Hungerford Award.
feminism
The Queen's Apprenticeship
2023 NovelRecent novel.
Bibliography
- Killing Delilah
- Intensities of Blue
- Bluebeard in Drag
- Slant
- The Willing Eye
- ex opere operato
- Hothouse
- bloc notes
- Scar Revision
- The Argument
- Unearthed
- The Water Bearer
- Rose Interior
- Vamp
- Jazz Tango
- Sweet
- Claustrophobia
- We Are Not Most People
- The Queen's Apprenticeship
Translations by Author
- Translations of Hélène Cixous
- Translations of Maryline Desbiolles
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- tightly packed vibrations of spiky conceitsrestless intelligencefeminist contention polychromatic
- Recurring Motifs
- mythic underpinningsdramatised mythic proportionslanguage interruption and disruption
Legacy
Australian poet and novelist known for feminist poetry influenced by Sylvia Plath but independent. Published over fifteen books.
Archives
- Tracy Ryan Manuscripts at the University of Western Australia
In Popular Culture
- John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan Poetry Prize established
Quotes
-
I don’t adhere to any particular school of thought, except in the broadest sense that my writing is inextricably bound up with my feminism. This would be the only real connector between my books. I am interested in trying to find ways in which language may be interrupted, disrupted and rejigged for feminist purposes (among others).
Source: Interview at Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing (2001)
Trivia
- Married to poet John Kinsella, has two children.
- Co-founded Folio(Salt) with John Kinsella.
- Received a two-year grant from the Australia Council.