Judith Beveridge

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Judith Beveridge (born 1956) is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic.

Judith Beveridge was born in England, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. Completing a BA at UTS she has worked in librarys, teaching, as a researcher and in environmental regeneration. She currently teaches creative writing at Newcastle and Sydney universities and is poetry editor for Meanjin, having previously edited Hobo and the Australian Arabic literature journal Kalimat. Her poetry has won her the Mary Gilmore Award, the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, Judith Wright Calanthe Poetry Prize and Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prizes.

[edit] Works

• The Domesticity of Giraffes (Black Lightning, in 1987)
• Accidental Grace (UQP, 1996)
• Wolf Notes (Giramondo, 2003) ISBN 1-920882-00-6

[edit] External links

• 4 poems at Thylazine
• Several poems at Poetry International Web

[edit] References

• Biography at Australian Literature Resources

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NAME	Beveridge, Judith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic
DATE OF BIRTH	1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	London, U. K.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH