Judith Bishop
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Judith Bishop is a contemporary Australian poet
, linguist and translator.
and a PhD
in Linguistics
from the University of Melbourne
. In 1994 she received the Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship
for doctoral study in the United Kingdom. Her doctoral thesis at Cambridge treated the poetry of Yves Bonnefoy
In addition to her own work, Bishop has an interest in translating French
poets, and has published translations of Philippe Jaccottet
, René Char
and Gérard Macé.
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...
, linguist and translator.
Biography
Judith Bishop was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1972. She holds a DPhil from the University of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and a PhD
PHD
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in Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
from the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
. In 1994 she received the Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship
Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship
The Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship is a scholarship awarded annually to students and graduates of the University of Melbourne to undertake graduate study in the United Kingdom....
for doctoral study in the United Kingdom. Her doctoral thesis at Cambridge treated the poetry of Yves Bonnefoy
Yves Bonnefoy
Yves Bonnefoy is a French poet and essayist. Bonnefoy was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, the son of a railroad worker and a teacher....
In addition to her own work, Bishop has an interest in translating French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
poets, and has published translations of Philippe Jaccottet
Philippe Jaccottet
Philippe Jaccottet is a poet and translator who publishes in French.After completing his studies in Lausanne, he lived several years in Paris. In 1953, came to live in the town of Grignan in Provence...
, René Char
René Char
René Char was a 20th century French poet.-Biography:Char was born in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in the Vaucluse department of France, the youngest of four children of Emile Char and Marie-Therese Rouget, where his father was mayor and managing director of the Vaucluse plasterworks...
and Gérard Macé.
Awards
- Marten Bequest Travelling Fellowship, 2002-2004
- FAW Anne Elder AwardAnne Elder AwardThe Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry is administered by the Victorian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers and is awarded annually, as the Anne Elder Award, for the best first book of poetry published in Australia. It was established in 1976 and currently has a prize of A$1000 for...
, 2007, winner for Event - ASAL Mary Gilmore Prize, 2007, shortlisted for Event
- Judith Wright Calanthe AwardJudith Wright Calanthe AwardThe Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award is awarded annually as part of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form.-2009:...
for Poetry, 2007, shortlisted for Event - Victorian Premier's Awards C. J. Dennis Prize for PoetryC. J. Dennis Prize for PoetryThe C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, for a significant selection of new work by a poet published in a book. It is named after the early twentieth century vernacular poet C. J...
, shortlisted for Event - ABR Poetry Prize, 2006
External links
- http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%5DH Austlit Literary Database page
- http://www.judithbishop.net/ Personal website
- http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/9781844712830.htm Salt Publishing author page