Andrew Sant

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Andrew Sant (born 1950) is an English born Australian poet.^[1]

In 1962 Sant moved from London with his family to Melbourne where he grew up. He has since lived in London, most recently between 2002-2005 and was Writing Fellow at the University of Leicester and again between 2007-2008 while at the University of Chichester. In 2001 he was resident at the University of Peking in Beijing, China. He co-founded the literary magazine, Island, in Tasmania. His most recent poetry collections are Tremors: New & Selected Poems (2004) and Speed & Other Liberties (2008). His poems have appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, Poetry, Poetry London, The Australian and Antipodes among other publications.

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• Lives (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1980)
• The Caught Sky (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1982)
• The Flower Industry (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1985)
• Brushing the Dark (William Heinemann, Melbourne, 1989)
• Album of Domestic Exiles (Black Pepper, Melbourne, 1996)
• Russian Ink (Black Pepper, Melbourne, 2002)
• The Islanders (Shoestring Press, Notingham UK, 2001)
• The Unmapped Page - Selected Poems (Arc, UK, 2004)
• Tremors: New & Selected Poems (Black Pepper, Melbourne,2004)
• Speed & Other Liberties (Salt Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2008)

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• 4 poems

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NAME	Sant, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian poet
DATE OF BIRTH	1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH