Judith Bishop

Judith Bishop (born 1972) is a contemporary Australian poet, linguist and translator.

Biography

Judith Bishop was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1972. She holds a DPhil from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Melbourne. In 1994 she received the Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship for doctoral study in the United Kingdom.[1] Her doctoral thesis at Cambridge treated the poetry of Yves Bonnefoy [2]

In addition to her own work, Bishop has an interest in translating French poets, and has published translations of Philippe Jaccottet, René Char and Gérard Macé.[3]

Published works

Event (Salt Publishing, 2007). ISBN 978-1-84471-283-0

Awards

References

  1. Bennett Scholarship Holders
  2. Jacket Magazine
  3. Austlit entry
  4. Austlit entry
  5. Literary Awards

External links

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