Bronwyn Lea
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Bronwyn Lea (born 1969) is a contemporary Australian poet, academic and editor.
Born in Tasmania, Bronwyn Lea grew up in Queensland and Papua New Guinea, moving to San Diego to study at California State University.[1] She has completed a PhD at University of Queensland and currently teaches there in the School of English, Media Studies and Art History.
Lea's first collection of poems, Flight Animals, won the 2002 Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry and Fellowship of Australian Writers Anne Elder Award. It was also short-listed for the 2002 John Bray Poetry Award Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, Colin Roderick Award, Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry and Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.
She is also Series Editor, with Martin Duwell, of The Best Australian Poetry series, published annually by the University of Queensland Press and a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council.[2]
[edit] Works
Poetry
- Flight Animals. (UQP, 2001) ISBN 0702232424
[edit] External links
- Bronywn Lea Contents page Poems and reviews at Australian Literary Resources
- 4 poems at Drunken Boat
- Insufficient Knowledge Poem
- Interview at ReadersVoice.com
[edit] References
- ^ Bronwyn Lea (Asialink, University of Melbourne) Accessed: December 24, 2006
- ^ Literature Board Members (Australia Council) Accessed: December 24, 2006
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| NAME | Lea, Bronwyn |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Contemporary Australian poet, academic and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
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