Anthony Lawrence (poet)
Anthony Lawrence | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 68–69) Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Writing career | |
| Notable awards | 1997 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, winner |
Anthony Lawrence (born 1957 in Tamworth)[1] is a contemporary Australian poet and novelist. He has received a number of Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board Grants, including a Fellowship. He has won many awards for his poetry, including the inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award, the Gwen Harwood Memorial Prize, and the Newcastle Poetry Prize (three times).[1] His 2016 collection, Headwaters (Pitt Street Poetry), was awarded the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry in 2017.[2]
Published works
Poetry
- Ordinary Time, with Audrey Molloy Pitt Street Poetry, 2022 ISBN 9781922080134
- Ken, Gazebo Books, 2021 ISBN 9780648901174
- Time Machine, Calanthe Press, ISBN 9780648574002
- 101 Poems, Pitt Street Poetry, 2018 ISBN 9781922080622
- Headwaters, Pitt Street Poetry, 2016 ISBN 9781922080608
- Signal Flare, Puncher & Wattman, 2013 ISBN 9781922186355
- The Welfare of My Enemy, Puncher & Wattman, 2011 ISBN 9781921450495
- Bark, University of Queensland Press, 2008 ISBN 9780702236648
- Words & Music, Picaro Press, 2008 ISBN 9781920957599
- Magnetic Field, Picaro Press, 2008 ISBN 9781920957582
- Strategies for Confronting Fear : New and Selected Poems, Arc Publications, 2006 ISBN 9781900072496
- The Sleep of a Learning Man, Giramondo Publishing, 2003 ISBN 1920882014
- Skinned by Light : Poems 1989–2002, University of Queensland Press, 2002 ISBN 0702233439
- New and Selected Poems, University of Queensland Press, 1998 ISBN 0702229806
- The Viewfinder, University of Queensland Press, 1996 ISBN 0702228818
- Cold Wires of Rain, Penguin Books, 1995 ISBN 0140587276
- The Darkwood Aquarium, Penguin Books, 1993 ISBN 0140586938
- Three Days Out of Tidal Town, Hale and Iremonger, 1992 ISBN 0868064475
- Ultramarine, with John Kinsella, Folio, 1991 ISBN 0646078380
- Dreaming in Stone, Angus and Robertson, 1989 ISBN 0207160783
Fiction
- In the Half-Light Picador, Australia and UK, and Carroll & Graff, USA, 2000 ISBN 0330362690
As editor
- The Best Australian Poetry 2004 University of Queensland Press, 2004.[3]
Awards
- Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry, 2023: second prize[4]
- Peter Porter Poetry Prize, 2022: winner for "In the Shadows of Our Heads"[5]
- Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry, 2017: winner for Headwaters[6]
- Newcastle Poetry Prize 2015[7]
- Philip Hodgins Medal. Awarded at the 2015 Mildura Writers Festival[7]
- Newcastle Poetry Prize 2014. (jointly with Debi Hamilton)[7]
- 6th Blake Poetry Prize 2013: winner for "Appellations"[8]
- Peter Porter Poetry Prize, 2010: winner for "Domestic Emergencies"[7]
- The Age Book of the Year Awards, Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize, 2008: shortlisted for Bark[9]
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Arts Queensland, Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry, 2008: shortlisted for Bark[7]
- Peter Porter Poetry Prize, 2007: shortlisted for "Guidance and Knowledge" (Note: Prize known as the ABR Poetry Prize in 2007.)[7]
- Tasmania Book Prizes, Tasmania Book Prize, 2005: shortlisted for The Sleep of a Learning Man[7]
- The Age Book of the Year Awards, poetry, 2004: shortlisted for The Sleep of a Learning Man[7]
- Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, The C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, 2004: shortlisted for The Sleep of a Learning Man[10]
- Colin Roderick Award, 2002: shortlisted for Skinned by Light : Poems 1989 – 2002[7]
- Josephine Ulrick National Poetry Prize, 2001: winner for "The Rain"[7]
- Inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award, 1999: winner for New and Selected Poems[11]
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 1997: winner for The Viewfinder[12]
- The Age Book of the Year Award – Poetry, 1996: shortlisted for The Viewfinder[13]
- Grace Perry Memorial Award, 1988: runner-up for "Blood Oath"[7]
References
- 1 2 "Anthony Lawrence". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ↑ "Headwaters". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ↑ "The Best Australian Poetry 2004". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ↑ "Beveridge wins $10k ACU Poetry Prize". Books+Publishing. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ↑ "Lawrence wins 2022 Peter Porter Poetry Prize". Books+Publishing. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ↑ "2017 PMLA winners, shortlist and judges". Creative Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Austlit – Anthony Lawrence – Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "2013 6th Blake Poetry Prize – Judges' Comments". The Blake Society. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ ""Shortlist good for small publishers"". The Age, 2 August 2008. ProQuest 364098764. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "C. J. Dennis Prize 2004, Shortlist". State Library of Victoria. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Austlit – Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry (1999-2011)". Austlit. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ ""Novelist Drewe carries off a big prize at last"". Sydney Morning Herald, 18 September 1997. ProQuest 2527865430. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Best Australian Books". The Age, 7 December 1996. ProQuest 2676405697. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
External links
- Anthony Lawrence at the Poetry Archive
- An Interview with Anthony Lawrence, Ralph Wessman in Famous Reporter
- Anthony Lawrence, Robbie Coburn in Rochford Street Review