Adam Aitken (born 1960) is an Australian poet.
Adam Aitken in 2009. Photo by Adrian Wiggins. LIcensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Wikipedia.
| Occupation | poet |
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| Nationality | Template:Flagicon=Australia Australian |
| Genres | poetry |
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Life[]
Youth and education[]
Aitken was born in London to an Anglo-Australian father and a Thai mother.
He spent some of his childhood with relatives in Thailand, and was educated at a convent in Malaysia, before coming to Australia in 1968.
Career[]
He began writing in the mid-1970s and majored in English and Art Film History at the University of Sydney. He has also completed a Master's in Linguistics and a Doctorate in Creative Arts from the Centre for New Writing, University of Technology, Sydney. He was Associate Poetry Editor for HEAT magazine.[1]
He has published three major collections in Australia and numerous poems in Australian literary journals. He is considered to be a poet of no particular school or trend, postmodern and lyrical at the same time. His influences range from the English Romantic to the French, American and British avante-garde, especially the New York school of poets.
In 1996 his 2nd poetry collection In One House was considered one of the best poetry collections of that year. In 2001, his 3rd collection Romeo and Juliet in Subtitles, was shortlisted for the John Bray South Australian Literary Festival Award, and was runner-up for The Age Book of the Year poetry prize. His 4th collection, Eighth Habitation, was published by Giramondo Press in April 2009. His writing shows a deep interest in contemporary cultural issues, especially issues of identity and cultural hybridity.
Adam's work has been translated into French, Swedish, German, Polish, Malay, and Mandarin, and is published internationally, most notably in Poetry Magazine.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Letter to Marco Polo, Sydney: Island Press, 1985.
- In One House. Sydney: Angus and Robertson and HarperCollins, 1996.
- Crossing Lake Toba. Salt Publishing (Folio), Cambridge 1998.[2]
- Romeo And Juliet in Subtitles. Rose Bay, NSW: Brandl and Schlesinger, 2000.
- Impermanence.com. Newtown: Vagabond Press, 2004.
- Eighth Habitation, Artarmon, NSW: Giramondo Publishing, 2009.
- Tonto's Revenge, TinFish Press, 2011.[3]
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Australian Poetry Library. [4]
Adam Aitken
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ AASRN Resources
- ↑ Adam Aitken (Australia, 1960), Poetry International Rotterdam. Web, Dec. 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Adam Aitken," Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Web., Mar. 3, 2012.
- ↑ Adam Aitken (1960- ), Australian Poetry Library, Web, Mar. 4. 2012.
External links[]
- Poems
- 'Eighth Habitation,' Mascara Literary Review.
- Two poems at Jacket #27
- Three poems at Jacket #36
- Adam Aitkin (Australia, 1960) at Poetry International. (profile & 19 poems)
- Adam Aitken at PoemHunter (33 poems) [.PDF]
- Adam Aitken (1960- ) in the Australian Poetry Library (138 poems)
- Prose
- Line and Space Lecture, Haiku Review.
- Audio / video
- About
- Adam Aitken at University of Hawaii
- Adam in France, Aitken's blog.
- Adam Aitken's page at Sydney Poetry.
- An Interview with Adam Aitken.
- review of Eighth Habitation"
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