Gary Catalano

Gary Catalano (30 October 1947 – 8 December 2002) was an Australian poet and art critic.^[1]

Contents 1 Life 2 Awards 3 Works 3.1 Poetry 3.2 Short stories 3.3 Criticism 3.4 Anthologies 4 Reviews 5 References

Life

Calatano was born on 30 October 1947 in Brisbane.^[1] He married writer Helen Hewitt in 1990.^[2] He died on 8 December 2002 in Melbourne.^[1]

Awards

• 1992 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry (with Kevin Hart)
• 1997 Australia Council's Keesing Studio in Paris residency
• 2002 Harold White Fellowship from the National Library in Canberra

Works

• "The Cupboard"; "Sacred Site"; "Thoughts", Jacket 4

Poetry

• Remembering the Rural Life. University of Queensland Press. 1978. ISBN 9780702213090. 
• Heaven of Rags: Forty Poems, 1978-1981. Hale & Iremonger. 1982. ISBN 9780868060217. 
• Slow Tennis. University of Queensland Press. 1984. ISBN 9780702217753. 
• Fresh Linen, sixty prose poems, 1980-1986. University of Queensland Press. 1988. ISBN 9780702221149. 
• The Empire of Grass. University of Queensland Press. 1991. ISBN 9780702223211. 
• Selected Poems 1973-1992. University of Queensland Press. 1993. ISBN 9780702225420. 
• Jigsaw. Paper Bark Press, Craftsman House. 1999. ISBN 9780958648257. 
• Light and Water. Finlay Press. 2002. 
• New and selected poems, 1973-2002. Brandl & Schlesinger. 2006. ISBN 9781876040871. 

Short stories

• The Woman Who Lives Here and Other Stories. Champion Books. 1983. ISBN 9780908483051. 

Criticism

• The Years of Hope: Australian Art and Criticism, 1959-1968 1981
• The Bandaged Image: a study of artists' books, 1983
• An Intimate Australia: the landscape and recent Australian art, 1985
• Building a Picture: interviews with Australian artists, 1997
• The Solitary Watcher: Rick Amor and his Art, 2001

Anthologies

• Peter Porter, ed (1998). The Oxford book of modern Australian verse. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195507065. 
• Martin Duwell, Bronwyn Lea, ed (2003). "Arles". The Best Australian Poetry 2003. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702234200. http://books.google.com/books?id=cy7-rJoFsrEC&pg=PA14&dq=Gary+Catalano+poet#v=onepage&q=Gary%20Catalano%20poet&f=false. 
• Thomas W. Shapcott, ed (1998). "The Great Museum". The moment made marvellous: a celebration of UQP poetry. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702230127. http://books.google.com/books?id=BaEFMdkel2MC&pg=PA97&dq=Gary+Catalano+poet#v=onepage&q=Gary%20Catalano%20poet&f=false. 

Reviews

Gary Catalano makes the most ordinary sights and sounds extraordinary. In "Wholemeal Loaf," he compares "even the lightest loaf" to "a lump of masonry from a demolition site."^[3]

References

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Name	Catalano, Gary
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Date of birth	30 October 1947
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Date of death	8 December 2002
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