Robert Adamson (poet)
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Robert Adamson is an Australian poet
and publisher.
, 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.
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 publisher.
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, MallarméStéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé , whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism.-Biography:Stéphane...
, Robert Duncan
Robert Duncan (poet)
Robert Duncan was an American poet and a student of H.D. and the Western esoteric tradition who spent most of his career in and around San Francisco. Though associated with any number of literary traditions and schools, Duncan is often identified with the poets of the New American Poetry and Black...
, and Hart Crane
Hart Crane
-Career:Throughout the early 1920s, small but well-respected literary magazines published some of Crane’s lyrics, gaining him, among the avant-garde, a respect that White Buildings , his first volume, ratified and strengthened...
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.
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 & RobertsonAngus & RobertsonAngus & Robertson is a bookstore chain in Australia. Its first bookstore was opened in 110½ Market Street, Sydney by Scotsman David Angus in 1884; it sold second-hand books. In 1886, he went into partnership with fellow Scot, George Robertson with whom he had worked earlier.- Bookselling history...
, 1994) ISBN 0-207-18347-3 - 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
- Reading the River: Selected Poems. (Bloodaxe BooksBloodaxe BooksBloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specialising in poetry.-History:It was founded in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Neil Astley, who is still editor and managing director. Joined in 1982 by chairman Simon Thirsk, Astley was later awarded an honorary D.Litt by Newcastle University in 1995...
, 2004) ISBN 1-85224-606-5 - The Goldfinches of Baghdad. (USA: Flood Editions, 2006) ISBN 0-9746902-8-7
Autobiography
- Zimmer's Essay. With Bruce Hanford (Sydney: Wild & WoolleyWild & WoolleyWild & Woolley is an Australian book publisher founded in 1974 by Michael Wilding and Pat Woolley. The first books published by the firm were Zimmer's Essay and Wrappings by Vicki Viidikas....
, 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 PoetryGrace Leven Prize for PoetryThe Grace Leven Prize for Poetry is an annual award given in the name of Grace Leven who died in 1922. It was established by William Baylebridge who "made a provision for an annual poetry prize in memory of 'my benefactress Grace Leven' and for the publication of his own work"...
for Selected Poems - 1990: 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...
for The Clean Dark - 1990: Kenneth Slessor Prize for PoetryKenneth Slessor Prize for PoetryThe Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form...
for The Clean Dark - 1990: The Turnbull-Fox-Phillips Award (The National Book Council Banjo Award) for The Clean Dark
- 1994: FAW Christopher Brennan AwardChristopher Brennan AwardThe Christopher Brennan Award is an Australian award given for lifetime achievement in poetry. The award, established circa 1976, takes the form of a bronze plaque; it recognizes a poet who produces work of "sustained quality and distinction"...
for lifetime achievement in literature - 2004: New South Wales Premier's History AwardNew South Wales Premier's History AwardsThe State Government of New South Wales, Australia established the Premier's History Awards in 1997. In 2005 the name of the awards was changed to NSW History Awards...
for Inside Out - 2007: The Age Book of the YearThe Age Book of the YearThe Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival...
Poetry Prize for The Goldfinches of Baghdad - 2011: Patrick White AwardPatrick White AwardThe Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White. White used his 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature award to establish a trust for this prize....