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The Vincent Buckley Poetry PrizeThe Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize was established to commemorate the life and work of the late Vincent Buckley; poet, critic and Professor of English at the University of Melbourne. It is a biennial award that is offered alternately to enable an Australian poet to visit Ireland and to facilitate the visit of an Irish poet to Melbourne. The Prize, which has been made available through generous donations from family and friends of Vincent Buckley, provides the recipient with a return airfare, a contribution towards living expenses and an honorary fellowship at the Australian Centre. 2008 Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize2008 recipient: David Wheatley Judges' report: There was an outstanding field for the Vincent Buckley Prize this year. We received twenty-one applications from Irish poets hoping to come here and write in the Centre. The standard was very high indeed, suggesting that Ireland is still a green nest of singing birds. The judging panel, Bronwyn Lea, John Frow and Chris Wallace-Crabbe, had to read closely and think hard; but in the end we settled clearly on the poet, David Wheatley, author of several books and editor of the international journal, "Metre". His poetry is rich, accomplished and full of readerly pleasures. At the Centre we look forward keenly to his coming over here, in 2008. He writes that his poetry has "in recent years been drawn to themes of movement and migration. He looks forward to the "give and take" of his period here. To be placed on the application mailing list, please email awards-austcentre@unimelb.edu.au PAST WINNERS Bronwyn Lea - 2006 Mark Granier - 2004 Cate Kennedy - 2002 John Montague - 2000 Professor Montague taught at University College, Cork for 18 years, before resigning in 1988 to become a full-time writer. He has a substantial body of work, primarily poetry, but also a few books of fiction. He serves as distinguished writer-in-residence for the New York State Writers Institute each year. Aileen Kelly - 1998 " I can say confidently that while I was [in Ireland] I sorted out some knotty problems of work previously done, wrote three times as much as I would have done at home, gained an appreciation of current Irish poetry..., and have also begun to place a previously puzzling element of myself." Enda Wyley - 1996 Her first book of poetry, Eating Baby Jesus, was published by the Dedalus Press in 1994. It depicts a brutal, bleak picture of life in Dublin's urban wastelands. The title poem of the collection was a finalist in the British National Poetry Competition, and this was the volume that won her the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize. Over the past several years, Enda has taught deprived children in a housing project in Dublin, so she has seen at first hand the violence and despair that poverty and deprivation breed. Her collection, Socrates in the Garden, was launched in May 1998 and was also published by The Dedalus Press. Lisa Gorton - 1994 |
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