Publisher's synopsis
This definitive collection represents the impressive poetic achievement of one of Australia′s most highly respected and valued poets. Judith Wright′s Collected Poems is comprised of her work from 1942 to 1985, and includes her latest three books of poetry, Alive, Fourth Quarter and Phantom Dwelling. It is a fitting tribute to an outstanding poet. Whether she is read for her rich evocation of the Australian land, for the truth, sensitivity and profundity of her meditations on the great themes of love, death and eternity, or for the beauty of her lyric style, Judith Wright is always supremely rewarding.
Awards
Winner 1994 Human Rights Commission Award
Judith Wright was born in Armidale, New South Wales in 1915. Her collections of poetry include The Moving Image (1946), Woman to Man (1949), The Gateway (1953), The Two Fires (1955), Birds (1962), Five Senses (The Forest) (1963), City Sunrise (1964), The Other Half (1966), Shadow (1970), Alive (1973), Fourth Quarter (1976) and Phantom Dwelling (1985), as well as other selected and collected volumes. Over a long and distinguished literary career, she has also published literary essays, biographies, histories, children’s books, and other non-fiction including We Call For a Treaty, on the work of the Aboriginal Treaty Committee, and The Coral Battleground, on the conservation of the Great Barrier Reef. Judith Wright’s writing has won many honours, including the Grace Leven Award (twice), the New South Wales Premier’s Prize, the Encyclopedia Britannica Prize for Literature, and the Asan World Prize for Poetry. She has received honorary degrees (D.Litt) for the Universities of New England, Sydney, Monash and New South Wales, and the Australian National University.
