Pam Brown

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This article is about the Australian poet. For the Nebraska state senator, see Pam Brown (Nebraska).

Pam Brown (born 1948) is an Australian poet.

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[edit] Career

Brown was born in Seymour Victoria, and her childhood was spent in Toowoomba and Brisbane.[1] Since her early twenties, she has mostly lived in Sydney. She has made her living as a silkscreen printer, musician and film-maker, has taught writing, multi-media studies and film-making and worked during the 90's as a librarian at University of Sydney. She currently lives in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

From 1997 to 2002 Pam Brown was the poetry editor of Overland and since 2004 has been the associate editor of Jacket magazine.[2] She has been a guest at poetry festivals world-wide, taught at the University for Foreign Languages, Hanoi, and during 2003 had Australia Council writers residency in Rome.[1][2]

[edit] Awards and nominations

[edit] Bibliography

  • Sureblock, (P. Woolley, Melbourne, 1972)
  • Cocabola's Funny Picture Book, (Tomato Press, Sydney, 1973)
  • Automatic Sad, (Tomato Press, Sydney, 1974)
  • Cafe Sport, (Sea Cruise Books, Sydney, 1979)
  • Correspondences, (Red Press, Sydney, 1979)
  • Country & Eastern, (Never-Never Books, Sydney, 1980)
  • Small Blue View, (E.A.F./Magic Sam, Adelaide, 1982)
  • Selected Poems 1971-1982, (Redress/Wild & Woolley, Sydney, 1984)
  • Keep It Quiet, (Sea Cruise Books, Sydney, 1987)
  • New & Selected Poems, (Wild & Woolley, Sydney, 1990)
  • This World. This Place, (University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1994)
  • 50 - 50, (Little Esther Books, Adelaide, 1997)
  • Text thing, (Little Esther Books, Adelaide, 2002)
  • Dear Deliria (New & Selected Poems), (Salt Publishing, UK/USA/Aus, 2003)
  • Let's Get Lost, (2005)
  • Peel Me A Zibibbo, (2006)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Brown, Pam. Brief Profile of Pam Brown. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
  2. ^ a b c Brennan, Michael. Pam Brown. Poetry International Web. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.

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NAME Brown, Pam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Seymour, Victoria, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
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