Vicki Viidikas

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Vicki Viidikas (25 September 1948 – 27 November 1998) was a twentieth-century Australian poet and prose writer.

Vicki Viidikas was born and grew up in Sydney, Australia. Her mother was Anglo-Australian, father Estonian^[1]^[2]. Dropping out of school, she encountered the Balmain New South Wales poetry scene in the late 1960s. There she encountered, among others, Ken Bolton, John Forbes, Martin Johnston and John Tranter. The ‘counter culture’ and her travels in Asia, especially India, are recurrent subjects in her poetry. Her untimely death was much mourned in Australia's poetry community.

Works

Poetry

Condition Red. (University of Queensland, 1973) ISBN 0-7022-0884-1
Knabel. (Sydney: Wild & Woolley, 1978) ISBN 0-909331-56-1
India Ink: A collection of prose poems written in India. (Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1984) ISBN 0-86806-093-3
The Relationship.

Short stories

Wrappings. (Sydney : Wild & Woolley, 1974) ISBN 0-909331-00-6

External links

Foreword Viidikas: Reintroduction of the ’68 Poet by Kerry Leves for Cordite Poetry Review (via Transit Lounge Publishing)
One day in the life of Vicki Viidikas by Stephen Oliver

References

Vicki Viidikas: Contents page at Australian Literature Resources

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Persondata
Name	Viidikas, Vicki
Alternative names
Short description	Australian poet
Date of birth	25 September 1948
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Date of death	27 November 1998
Place of death	Sydney, Australia

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