Sarah Day. Courtesy PoemHunter.
Sarah E. Day (born 1958) is an English-born Australian poet and teacher.[1] She was the poetry editor of Island Magazine for several years.
Life[]
Day was born in Lancashire, England, in 1958 and grew up in Hobart, Tasmania.[2][3] She graduated from the University of Tasmania, and then taught English and creative writing. For some years she was poetry editor of the Tasmanian literary magazine Island.[4]
Recognition[]
Day's first volume of poetry, A Hunger to Be Less Serious (1987), won the Anne Elder Award. Her 2004 collection, The Ship, won the Queensland Premier's Award and the Judith Wright ACT Award (2005), and the University of Melbourne Wesley Mitchell Wright Prize.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- A Hunger to Be Less Serious. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson, 1987.
- Sarah Day: Selected work. Canberra: National Library of Australia (Pamphlet Poets), 1990.
- A Madder Dance. Ringwood, Vic: Penguin, 1991.
- Quickening. Ringwood, Vic: Penguin, 1997.
- New and Selected Poems. Todmorden, UK: Arc Publications, 2002.
- The Ship. Blackheath, NSW: Brandl and Schlesinger, 2004.
- Sky Writing, and other poems. Warners Bay, NSW: Picaro Press, 2008.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Australian Poetry Library.
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See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Sarah Day
- ↑ Poetica - 11 May 2002 - Sarah Day - Undermining the Poetry of Sarah Day
- ↑ Sarah Day
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sarah Day (1958- ), Australian Poetry Library, Web, Mar. 4, 2012.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Easter Train"
- Sarah Day at PoemHunter (4 poems)
- Sample poems
- Sarah Day (1958- ) in the Australian Poetry Library (137 poems).
- Audio / video
- About
- Sarah Day at The Write Stuff
- Sarah Day, Poet Official website.
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