Stefanie Bennett

'Stefanie Bennett (born 1945) was an Australian poet.

Life
She was born Stefanie Piper in Townsville, North Queensland, to Vicki Curro-Piper (an Australian of Sicilian descent) and Harold Piper, an American serviceman tefanie Bennett was born in Townsville, North Queensland, the child of Vicki Curro-Piper, of Sicilian descent, and Harold Piper, an American serviceman descended from the Paugussett tribe. At his invitation she visited her great uncle Chief Big Eagle, Aurelius Piper Senior, in April 2002 and celebrated her 57th birthday at the tribal reservation in Trumbull, Connecticut.

Bennett followed her formal education with work in Townsville at her mother's hairdressing salons, then at United Packages.

Publications

 * Blackbirds of Superstition (Brisbane, Qld: The Author, 1973).
 * Madam Blackboots (St Lucia, Qld: Makar Press, 1974).
 * Shade (Annandale, NSW: Khasmick Press, 1974).
 * Poems from the Paddy Wagon (Townsville, Qld: Cochon, 1975).
 * Radio City 2 a.m. (Townsville, Qld: Cochon, 1976).
 * The Medium: Poetry and Prose (Sydney: Khasmik Enterprises, 1976).
 * Tongues and Pinnacles (Townsville, Qld: Cochon, 1976).
 * [with Mal Andersen], Poets 1977: One + Two (Kedron Park, Qld: North Brisbane College of Advanced Education, 1977).
 * The Tenth Lady (Townsville, Qld: Cochon and White Tara Publications, 1977).
 * Midnight Tulips: poems (St Lucia, Qld: Cochon, 1985).
 * The Last Beacon: poems ([Maleny, Qld]: [Maleny District Community Publishers], 1989).
 * Three North Queensland Poets(with R.G. Hay and Anne Lloyd). [Townsville, Qld]: Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University, 1990.
 * The Leaf, the Lion, the Lariat: poems (Maleny, Qld: Press Gang Collective, 1992).
 * Woman of Straw (Maleny, Qld: Cochon, 1996).
 * The Hermit in Translation (Maleny, Qld: Cochon, 1998).
 * Symphony for Heart and Stone (Maleny, Qld: Cochon Collective and Golden Hill, 2009).

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Australian Poetry Library.