Susan Hampton
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Susan Hampton (born 1949) is a contemporary Australian poet, short story writer and editor.
Susan Hampton was born in Inverell.[1] She has a diploma from the Newcastle Teacher's College and a BA from Sydney University. Having worked as a teacher she is currently an editor and has worked on books such as Stravinsky's Lunch, Gilgamesh, and The Poison Principle. Six volumes of her poetry and short stories have been published.
Hampton has also been the poetry editor for The Canberra Times and edited the anthology Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets.[2] Her latest collection, The Kindly Ones, was short listed for the 2006 C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry and Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.[3] [4]
[edit] Works
Poetry
- Costumes. (Transit New Poetry, 1981)
- White Dog Sonnets: A novel. (Sydney: Fab, 1987) ISBN 0958783101
- A Latin Primer. (Cerberus, 1999)
- The Kindly Ones (Five Islands, 2005) ISBN 1-74128-093-1 reviews: [1] [2] [3]
- The Tall Women.
- Rogue Songs.
Short fiction
- Surly Girls. (Collins, 1990) ISBN 0732225124
Edited
- Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets. With Kate Llewellyn (Penguin, 1986) ISBN 0140585753 review
[edit] External links
- The Kindly Ones at Fox Editing
[edit] References
- ^ Poetica ABC Radio National
- ^ Australian Artists and Writers Directory Thylazine Foundation
- ^ "The C J Dennis Prize for Poetry: Shortlist 2006" at the State Library of Victoria.
- ^ "Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry" Arts NSW
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| NAME | Hampton, Susan |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Contemporary Australian poet, short story writer and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia |
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