Jennifer Harrison (born 1955) is a contemporary Australian poet. She is a recipient of the

Christopher Brennan Award The Christopher Brennan Award (formerly known as the Robert Frost Prize after American writer Robert Frost) is an Australian award given for lifetime achievement in poetry. The award, established in 1973, takes the form of a bronze plaque which is ...

. Born in

Liverpool, Sydney Liverpool is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of South Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, south-west of the Sydney CBD. It is the administrative seat of the City of Liverpool (New South Wales), City of Li ...

, Harrison studied medicine and then specialised in psychiatry. Since her first volume of poetry, ''Michelangelo's Prisoners'' in 1994, she has published several more, winning the 1995

Anne Elder Award The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry was administered by the Victorian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers from its establishment in 1976 until 2017. From 2018 the award has been administered by Australian Poetry. It is awarded an ...

and being short-listed for the 2000

Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form.Christopher Brennan Award The Christopher Brennan Award (formerly known as the Robert Frost Prize after American writer Robert Frost) is an Australian award given for lifetime achievement in poetry. The award, established in 1973, takes the form of a bronze plaque which is ...

for lifetime achievement in poetry. Her photography has been exhibited at the

National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and list of most visited art museums in the world, most visited art mu ...

. Having lived in the United States and New Zealand, Harrison resides in Melbourne and is employed as a child psychiatrist. She is also a photographer. She is The Dax Poetry Collection Manager for the Dax Centre at the University of Melbourne.

Works

Poetry * ''Michelangelo's Prisoners''. ( Black Pepper publishing, 1994) * ''Mosaics & Mirrors: Composite poems''. ( Black Pepper publishing, 1995) * ''Cabramatta/Cudmirrah''. ( Black Pepper publishing, 1996) * ''Dear B''. ( Black Pepper publishing, 1998) * ''Folly & Grief''. ( Black Pepper publishing, 2006) REVIEW
/small> * ''Colombine, New & Selected Poems.'' ( Black Pepper publishing, 2010) Edited * With Phil Ilton, ''Said the Rat!''. ( Black Pepper publishing, 2003) * With Kate Waterhouse, ''Motherlode; Australian Women's Poetry 1986-2008''. ( Puncher & Wattmann, 2009)

References

External links

Jennifer Harrison Biography
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