Alan Jefferies
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Alan Jefferies is an Australian poet
and children's author currently living in Brisbane
.
He grew up in Cleveland
on the Queensland
coast. He published his first poems in 1976 and since then his work has appeared in magazines and newspapers in Australia and overseas. He holds degrees in Communication and Writing from the University of Technology, Sydney
and for many years worked as a librarian and teacher at the Workers’ Educational Association, Sydney.
Between 1982 and 1992 he lived in Coalcliff south of Sydney in a house which was a meeting place for writers, poets, artists and musicians.
In 1998 he moved to Hong Kong where he lived for almost ten years.
He was one of the initiators of a spoken word event called OutLoud, which takes place on the first Wednesday of each month at the Fringe Club in the Lan Kwai Fong
District on Hong Kong Island.
In 2002 he co-edited an anthology of work from the readings called Outloud: an anthology of poetry from OutLoud readings.
He has published five books of poetry in Australia including Blood Angels: Poems 1976-1999 (Cerberus, 1997)
In October 2004 his bilingual children’s book The crocodile who wanted to be famous, based on the real-life
crocodile (Pui Pui
) that visited Hong Kong, was published and attracted widespread interest from both the Chinese
and English press.
Recently he was an invited participant at the "Cairo International Forum of Arabic poetry" and the "2007 Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival". His work has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, Romanian and Uzbec.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and children's author currently living in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
.
He grew up in Cleveland
Cleveland, Queensland
Cleveland is a suburb located approximately east-south-east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the council seat for the Redland City local government area...
on the Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
coast. He published his first poems in 1976 and since then his work has appeared in magazines and newspapers in Australia and overseas. He holds degrees in Communication and Writing from the University of Technology, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
and for many years worked as a librarian and teacher at the Workers’ Educational Association, Sydney.
Between 1982 and 1992 he lived in Coalcliff south of Sydney in a house which was a meeting place for writers, poets, artists and musicians.
In 1998 he moved to Hong Kong where he lived for almost ten years.
He was one of the initiators of a spoken word event called OutLoud, which takes place on the first Wednesday of each month at the Fringe Club in the Lan Kwai Fong
Lan Kwai Fong
Lan Kwai Fong is a small square of streets in Central, Hong Kong. The area was dedicated to hawkers before the Second World War, but underwent a renaissance in the mid 1980s. It is now a popular expatriate haunt in Hong Kong for drinking, clubbing and dining...
District on Hong Kong Island.
In 2002 he co-edited an anthology of work from the readings called Outloud: an anthology of poetry from OutLoud readings.
He has published five books of poetry in Australia including Blood Angels: Poems 1976-1999 (Cerberus, 1997)
In October 2004 his bilingual children’s book The crocodile who wanted to be famous, based on the real-life
crocodile (Pui Pui
Pui Pui (crocodile)
Pui Pui is a female crocodile captured in Shan Pui River in Hong Kong on 10 June 2004 by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department officers of Hong Kong...
) that visited Hong Kong, was published and attracted widespread interest from both the Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
and English press.
Recently he was an invited participant at the "Cairo International Forum of Arabic poetry" and the "2007 Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival". His work has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, Romanian and Uzbec.