Laurie Duggan
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Laurence James Duggan (born 1949) is an Australian poet.
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[edit] Life
He was born in Melbourne and attended Monash University, where his friends included the poets Alan Wearne and John A. Scott. He moved to Sydney in 1972, and became involved with the poetry scene there, in particular with John Tranter, John Forbes, Ken Bolton and Pam Brown.
His poetry grows out of contemplation of moments, and found texts.[1] His interest in bricolage started early: while still at Monash he was working on a series of Merz poems, short poems about discarded objects, inspired by the work of Kurt Schwitters. His book-length poem The Ash Range (1987) uses diaries, journals of pioneers, and newspaper articles in its construction of a history of Gippsland. In 2003 he won the Age Poetry Book of the Year for his collection Mangroves.
[edit] Works
Poetry
- The Ash Range (Picador, 1987) ISBN 0-907562-69-8
- Blue Notes (Picador, 1990) ISBN 0-330-27192-X
- Laurie Duggan: Selected Poems 1971-1993 (UQP, 1996) ISBN 0-7022-2624-6
- Mangroves (UQP, 2003) ISBN 0-7022-3351-X
- Compared to What: Selected Poems 1971-2003 (Shearsman, 2003) ISBN 0-907562-61-2
- The Passenger (UQP, 2006) ISBN 0-7022-3555-5
Non-fiction
- Ghost Nation:Imagined Space and Aust Visual Culture 1901-1939 (UQP, 2001) ISBN 0-7022-3189-4
[edit] References
- David McCooey's chapter 'Contemporary Poetry: Across Party Lines' in The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-521-65843-8.
[edit] Notes
- ^ McCooey, op. cit, page 165
[edit] External links
- Poems + Essays etc at Austlit
- Laurie Duggan in Auckland at New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre
- Ten poems at Jacket Magazine
- Thirty pieces at Great Works
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