J. S. Harry
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J. S. Harry (or Jan Harry; born 1939) is a contemporary Australian poet.
J. S. Harry was born in South Australia, but soon moved to Sydney when she has remained. Among she has worked as an editor for Radio National and has held a residency at Australian National University. Her poetry is often humorously satirical: One recurrent character is Peter Henry Lepus, a rabbit who name-drops philosophers such as Bertrand Russel, Ludwig Wittgenstein and A. J. Ayer while popping up in the midst of topical events. J. S. Harry has won the Harri Jones Memorial Prize, the Poetry Society’s Book of the Year, PEN International Lyne Phillips Poetry Prize and the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry among other accolades.
[edit] Works
Poetry
- The Deer Under the Skin (1971)
- Hold for a Little While, and Turn Gently (1979)
- A Dandelion for Van Gogh (1985)
- The Life on the Water and the Life Beneath (Sydney: Angus & Robertson/Paperbark, 1995) ISBN 0-207-18453-4
- Selected Poems (Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin, 1995) ISBN 0-14-058755-1
- Sun Shadow, Moon Shadow (Sydney: Vagabond, 2000) ISBN 0-9578378-1-X
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 18 poems with Spanish & Italian translations
- J.S. Harry Poems & analysis at Poetry International Web
- Journeys Digital — & ‘Other’ Worlds, by J.S. Harry Includes mp3 author reading & animations
- Unfaithfully Yours: Lines from the Index at the ABR
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| NAME | Harry, J. S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jan Harry |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Contemporary Australian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Australia, Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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