Judith Beveridge (born 1956) is a contemporary

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and academic. She is a recipient of the

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Biography

Judith Beveridge was born in

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, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. She started her education at the Auburn North Public School in September 1961, and graduated in 1968 as

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(a title awarded to the student with best aggregate result over all subjects). Completing a BA at UTS she has worked in libraries, teaching, as a researcher and in environmental regeneration. From 2003 until 2018, she taught creative writing at the

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and was poetry editor for ''

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'' from 2005 to 2015, having previously edited ''Hobo'' and the Australian

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literature journal ''Kalimat''.

Awards and nominations

* 1988 – Mary Gilmore Award for ''The Domesticity of Giraffes'' * 1988 –

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, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry for ''The Domesticity of Giraffes'' * 1988 –

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, C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry for ''The Domesticity of Giraffes'' * 1997 – Wesley Michel Wright Prize * 2003 – The Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize * 2004 –

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, Poetry Collection – Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award for ''Wolf Notes'' * 2005 – winner of the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writer's Festival * 2013 –

*2015 – Peter Porter Poetry Prize *2015 –

, shortlisted, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry for ''Devadatta's Poems.'' *2019 –

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Prize for Poetry for "Two Houses"

Bibliography

* '' The Domesticity of Giraffes'' (Black Lightning, 1987) * ''A Parachute of Blue: First Choice of Australian Poets. Number One'', with Jill Jones & Louise Katherine Wakeling (Round Table Publications, 1995) * ''Accidental Grace'' (UQP, 1996) * ''How to Love Bats, and Other Poems'' (Picaro Press, 2001) OCLC: 57312733 * ''Wolf Notes'' ( Giramondo, 2003) * ''Storm and Honey'' (Giramondo, 2009) * ''The Best Australian Poetry 2006'', with Martin Duwell & Bronwyn Lea (UQP, 2006) * ''Devadatta's Poems'' (Giramondo, 2014) * ''Sun Music: New and Selected Poems'' (Giramondo, 2018) * ''Tintinnabulum'', (Giramondo, 2024)

Articles

* Beveridge, Judith. (2001). ''Four Ascetics'',

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, 45, no. 1, (2001): 152

References

External links

4 poems
at Thylazine
Several poems
at Poetry International Web {{DEFAULTSORT:Beveridge, Judith 1956 births Living people Australian women poets Meanjin people