Katherine Gallagher
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Katherine Gallagher is an Australian poet resident in London.
Gallagher's poems have been published in French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Romanian and Serbian.
Gallagher translated from French to English Jean-Jacques Celly's poems in The Sleepwalker with Eyes of Clay.
Gallagher's poems have been published in French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Romanian and Serbian.
Gallagher translated from French to English Jean-Jacques Celly's poems in The Sleepwalker with Eyes of Clay.
Awards
- 1978, Australian Literature Board Fellowship.
- 1981, Brisbane Warana Prize.
- 1986, nomination of "Passengers to the City" for the John Bray National Poetry Award.
- 2000, Royal Literary Fund award.
- 2008, London Society of Authors' Foundation award.
Career
- Writer in Residence at Railway Fields Nature Reserve, HarringayHarringayHarringay is a residential area of North London, part of the London Borough of Haringey, United Kingdom. It is centred on the section of Green Lanes running between the northern boundary of Finsbury Park up to the southern boundary of Duckett's Common, not far from Turnpike Lane.-Location:The...
, in 2002. - Writers Inc/Blue Nose Poets' Education Officer until 2008. In 2004/2005 this included coordinating the Young Writer's Mentorship Project funded by the Arts Council.
- Poet in Residence for Havering Council's third annual Parks and Arts Healthy Lifestyle Walk in Hornchurch Country Park on 17 July 2006.
- Founder of the Poetry Society Stanza Group (London North), started in March 2007.