Christopher Brennan Award



The Christopher Brennan Award (formerly known as the Robert Frost Prize) is an Australian award given for lifetime achievement in poetry. The award, established circa 1976, takes the form of a bronze plaque; it recognizes a poet who produces work of "sustained quality and distinction". It is awarded by the Fellowship of Australian Writers and is named after the poet Christopher Brennan.

Recipients

 * 2008 John Kinsella
 * 2006 Geoff Page
 * 2004 Kris Hemensley
 * 2003 Philip Salom
 * 2001 Dorothy Porter
 * 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 (poet))
 * 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.