Jennifer Strauss
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Jennifer Strauss AM is a contemporary Australian poet
and academic.
Jennifer Strauss was born in Heywood
, Victoria and educated at various boarding schools and Melbourne University. Working in academia she has published several books of criticism and literary autobiography as well as editing anthologies and several volumes of her own poetry. The current president of the Australian Federation of University Women
Strauss is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of English at Monash University
.
In 2007 Strauss was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia
, for her work in education, her work as an academic in the fields of literature and poetry and for her work in woman's issues and industrial relations.
Non-fiction
Edited
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 academic.
Jennifer Strauss was born in Heywood
Heywood, Victoria
Heywood is a town on the Fitzroy River in the Australian state of Victoria. It is situated at an elevation of 27 metres amidst rolling green hills in an agricultural, pastoral and timbercutting district. Heywood is west of Melbourne at the intersection of the Princes and Henty Highways and north...
, Victoria and educated at various boarding schools and Melbourne University. Working in academia she has published several books of criticism and literary autobiography as well as editing anthologies and several volumes of her own poetry. The current president of the Australian Federation of University Women
Australian Federation of University Women
The Australian Federation of University Women, founded in 1922, is the national umbrella organisation for state Federations of University Women in Australia....
Strauss is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of English at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
.
In 2007 Strauss was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
, for her work in education, her work as an academic in the fields of literature and poetry and for her work in woman's issues and industrial relations.
Works
Poetry- Children and Other Strangers: Poems. (1975)
- Winter Driving: Poems. (1981)
- Labour Ward. (Pariah, 1988)
- Tierra del Fuego: New and selected poems. (Pariah, 1997)
Non-fiction
- Stop laughing! I'm Being Serious: Three studies in seriousness and wit in contemporary Australian poetry. (1990)
- Boundary Conditions: The Poetry of Gwen Harwood. (UQP, 1992) ISBN 0-7022-2412-X
- Judith Wright. (OUP, 1995)
Edited
- Family Ties: Australian Poems of the Family. (Oxford, 1998)
- The Oxford Literary History of Australia. With Bruce Bennett (Oxford, 1999) ISBN 978-0-19-553737-6
- The Collected Verse of Mary Gilmore: Volume 1, 1887-1929. (Australian Academy of the Humanities/UQP, 2005) review