Katherine Gallagher
| Katherine Gallagher |
2010, London |
| Born |
September 7, 1935 (1935-09-07) (age 76)
Maldon, Australia |
| Occupation |
Poet |
www.katherine-gallagher.com |
Katherine Gallagher (born 7 September 1935, Maldon, Australia) is an Australian poet resident in London.[1][2][3][4]
Gallagher's poems have been published in French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Romanian and Serbian.[5]
Gallagher translated from French to English Jean-Jacques Celly's poems in The Sleepwalker with Eyes of Clay.[6]
Awards
- 1978, Australian Literature Board Fellowship.[4]
- 1981, Brisbane Warana Prize.[4]
- 1986, nomination of "Passengers to the City" for the John Bray National Poetry Award.
- 2000, Royal Literary Fund award.[5]
- 2008, London Society of Authors' Foundation award.[5]
Career
- Writer in Residence at Railway Fields Nature Reserve, Harringay, in 2002.
- Writers Inc/Blue Nose Poets' Education Officer until 2008. In 2004/2005 this included coordinating the Young Writer's Mentorship Project funded by the Arts Council.
- Poet in Residence for Havering Council's third annual Parks and Arts Healthy Lifestyle Walk in Hornchurch Country Park on 17 July 2006.
- Founder of the Poetry Society Stanza Group (London North), started in March 2007.
Bibliography
- Gallagher, Katherine (1974), The eye's circle, Ragman Productions, ISBN 9780909229009
- Gallagher, Katherine (1985), Passengers to the city, Hale & Iremonger, ISBN 9780868062136
- Gallagher, Katherine (1989), Fish-rings on water: poems, Forest Books, ISBN 9780948259753
- Gallagher, Katherine (1993), Finding the prince, Issue 9 of Torriano Meeting House poetry pamphlet series, Hearing Eye, ISBN 9781870841290
- Celly, Jean-Jacques; Gallagher, Katherine (1994), The sleepwalker with eyes of clay: poems, Forest Books, ISBN 9781856100298
- Gallagher, Katherine (2000), Tigers on the silk road, Arc, ISBN 9781900072472
- Gallagher, Katherine (2006), Circus-apprentice, Arc Publications, ISBN 9781904614029
- Gallagher, Katherine (2009), Carnival edge, Arc, ISBN 9781906570422, http://www.worldcat.org/title/carnival-edge/oclc/436266162
See also
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Gallagher, Katherine |
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| Date of birth |
7 September 1935 |
| Place of birth |
Maldon, Australia |
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