Robert Adamson (poet)
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| Robert Adamson | |
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| Born | 17 May 1943 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse | Juno Gemes |
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Robert Adamson (born 17 May 1943 in Sydney) is an Australian poet and publisher.[1][2]
Biography
Adamson grew up in Neutral Bay and spent much of his teenage years in Gosford Boys Home for juvenile offenders. He discovered poetry while educating himself in gaol in his 20s. His first book, Canticles on the Skin, was published in 1970. He acknowledges the influence of, among others, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Robert Duncan, and Hart Crane upon his writing.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he edited New Poetry Magazine and established Paper Bark Press in 1988 with his partner Juno Gemes. In 2011 he was awarded the Patrick White Prize and the Blake Prize for Poetry. He is the inaugural CAL chair of poetry at UTS (University of Technology, Sydney).
Works
Poetry
- Canticles on the Skin. (Sydney: Illumination Press, 1970)
- Cross The Border. (Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1977) ISBN 0-86806-050-X
- Where I Come From. (Sydney: Big Smoke, 1979) ISBN 0-908201-00-1
- The Clean Dark. (Sydney: Paper Bark, 1989) ISBN 0-9587801-2-9
- Waving to Hart Crane. (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1994) ISBN 0-207-18347-3 [3]
- Black Water: Approaching Zukofsky. (Sydney: Brandl & Schlesinger, 1999) ISBN 1-876040-14-9
- Mulberry Leaves: New & Selected Poems 1970-2001. (2001) ISBN 1-876749-48-2 [4]
- Reading the River: Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, UK, 2004) ISBN 978-1-85224-639-6
- The Goldfinches of Baghdad. (Flood Editions, USA, 2006) ISBN 0-9746902-8-7 [5]
- The Golden Bird: New and Selected Poems (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2008) ISBN 978-1-86395-287-3
- The Kingfisher's Soul (Bloodaxe Books, UK, 2009) ISBN 978-1-85224-820-8
- Empty Your Eyes. (Vagabond Press, 2013)
Autobiography
- Zimmer's Essay. With Bruce Hanford (Sydney: Wild & Woolley, 1974) ISBN 0-909331-02-2
- Wards of the State. (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1992) ISBN 0-207-17404-0
- Inside Out. (Text, 2004) ISBN 1-920885-60-9 review
Awards
- 1976: Grace Leven Prize for Poetry for Selected Poems
- 1990: C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry for The Clean Dark
- 1990: Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry for The Clean Dark
- 1990: The Turnbull-Fox-Phillips Award (The National Book Council Banjo Award) for The Clean Dark
- 1994: FAW Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in literature
- 2004: New South Wales Premier's History Award for Inside Out
- 2007: The Age Book of the Year Poetry Prize for The Goldfinches of Baghdad
- 2011: Patrick White Award
References
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- ↑ Editors of CrossLines Kings Cross literary magazine[dead link]
- ↑ Peter Riley reviews Robert Adamson
External links
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