Judith Rodriguez



Judith Catherine Rodriguez AM (born 13 February 1936) is a contemporary Australian poet.

Life
Rodriguez was born Judith Catherine Green in Perth and grew up in Brisbane. She was educated at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, and graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts. She then travelled to England, where she received a Master of Arts from Cambridge University in 1965, where she met her first husband, Colombian Fabio Rodriguez.

She has published numerous volumes of poetry, some illustrated by her own woodcuts. She has also edited an anthology and the collected poems of Jennifer Rankin. From 1979 to 1982, she was poetry editor for the literary journal Meanjin, and from 1988 to 1997 she was a poetry editor with the publisher Penguin Australia. The play Poor Johanna, co-written with Robyn Archer, was produced in 1994 and her libretto for Moya Henderson's opera Lindy, about the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance, was performed at the Sydney Opera House in 2002. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award and taught at La Trobe University (1969–1985) and Deakin University (1998–2003).

Poetry

 * Four Poets (as Judith Green), with others. (Melbourne, Cheshire, 1962)
 * Nu-Plastik Fanfare Red. ( St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1973)
 * Broadsheet Number 23. (Canberra, Open Door Press, 1976)
 * Water Life. (University of Queensland Press, 1976) ISBN 0702213225 review
 * Shadow on Glass. (Canberra: Open Door Press, 1978)
 * Three Poems. (Melbourne, Old Metropolitan Meat Market, 1979)
 * Angels. Melbourne, (Old Metropolitan Meat Market, 1979)
 * Arapede. (Melbourne, Old Metropolitan Meat Market, 1979)
 * Mudcrab at Gambaro's. (UQP, 1980) ISBN 0702215732
 * Witch Heart. (Melbourne: Sisters, 1982) ISBN 0908207646
 * Floridian Poems. (Winter Park, Florida, Rollins College, 1986)
 * New and selected poems: The house by water. (1988) ISBN 0702221384
 * The Cold. Canberra, National Library of Australia (Pamphlets Poets), 1992

Plays

 * Poor Johanna (produced Adelaide, 1994 ). In Heroines, edited by Dale Spender. Melbourne, Penguin, 1991
 * Lindy, with Robyn Archer (opera libretto). Music by Moya Henderson.

Edited

 * Mrs Noah and the Minoan Queen. (Melbourne: Sisters, 1983)
 * Poems from the Australian's 20th Anniversary Competition. With Andrew Taylor, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1985
 * Jennifer Rankin: Collected Poems. (UQP, 1990)
 * The Collected Poems of Jennifer Rankin. St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press. 1990