Christopher Brennan Award
The Christopher Brennan Award (formerly known as the Robert Frost Prize)[1] is an Australian award given for lifetime achievement in poetry. The award, established circa 1976,[2] takes the form of a bronze plaque; it recognizes a poet who produces work of "sustained quality and distinction".[3] It is awarded by the Fellowship of Australian Writers and is named after the poet Christopher Brennan.
Recipients
- 2013 Judith Beveridge
- 2012 Tim Thorne
- 2011 Jennifer Harrison
- 2010 Peter Steele
- 2009 Jennifer Strauss
- 2008 Robert Gray
- 2007 John Kinsella
- 2006 Geoff Page
- 2005 Fay Zwicky
- 2004 Kris Hemensley
- 2003 Philip Salom
- 2002 Dimitris Tsaloumas
- 2001 Dorothy Porter
- 2000 J. S. Harry
- 1999 Kevin Hart
- 1998 Jennifer Maiden
- 1996 Dorothy Hewett
- 1995 Thomas Shapcott
- 1995 Robert Adamson
- 1994 Judith Rodriguez
- 1993 Geoffrey Dutton
- 1992 R. A. Simpson
- 1991 Elizabeth Riddell
- 1989 Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- 1988 Roland Robinson
- 1983 Bruce Dawe
- 1983 Les Murray
- 1982 Vincent Buckley
- 1980 John Blight
- 1979 Rosemary Dobson
- 1977 Gwen Harwood
- 1976 Judith Wright
- 1976 A. D. Hope
- 1974 R. D. Fitzgerald
The award has been made posthumously on occasion - to Francis Webb, James McAuley and David Campbell. Other winners include: Thomas Shapcott, Fay Zwicky.
Footnotes
References
- Sullivan, Jane (2005) "A well deserved tribute" in The Age, 27 March 2005 Accessed: 2007-07-24
- Wilde, W., Hooton, J. & Andrews, B (1994) The Oxford Companion of Australian Literature 2nd ed. South Melbourne, Oxford University Press
- Fellowship of Australian Writers - Awards and Competitions