David Musgrave

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David Musgrave (born 1965) is an Australian poet, publisher and critic. He is currently the publisher of Puncher & Wattmann, an independent press which publishes Australian poetry and literary fiction.

Musgrave was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney University where in 1997 he received a PhD for his thesis on the topic of Menippean satire.

His first book, To Thalia (Five Islands Press), was published and commended in the 2004 Anne Elder Award; it was followed by On Reflection (Interactive) in 2005 and Watermark (Picaro) in 2006. Several of his poems have won major awards in Australia.

He has published numerous articles on Australian literature, including on Norman Lindsay's The Magic Pudding and David Ireland's The Unknown Industrial Prisoner. He has also written on The Black Dog and Depression (published in Tracking the Black Dog by the Black Dog Institute and published articles on Samuel Beckett and the Ern Malley hoax.

[edit] Awards

• 1994 - Sidney Nolan Gallery Poetry Prize for the poem Glenrowan
• 2003 - Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize for the poem Minneapolis^[1]
• 2004 - Anne Elder Award for To Thalia
• Henry Lawson Poetry Prize
• Broadway Poetry prize for the poem Lagoon
• 2008 - The Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize for the poem Grace

[edit] External links

• David Musgrave Home Page
• Puncher & Wattmann

[edit] Notes

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NAME	Musgrave, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian poet, publisher and critic
DATE OF BIRTH	1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH