Pam Brown
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Pam Brown is an Australian poet
.
, Victoria
, and her childhood was spent in on military bases in Toowoomba and Brisbane
. Since her early twenties, she has mostly lived in Sydney
. She has made her living as a silkscreen printer, musician and film-maker, has taught writing, multi-media studies and film-making and worked from 1989 - 2006 as a librarian at University of Sydney
. She lives in Sydney, Australia.
From 1997 to 2002 Pam Brown was the poetry
editor of Overland
and since 2004 has been the associate editor of Jacket
magazine. She has been a guest at poetry festivals worldwide, taught at the University for Foreign Languages, Hanoi
, and during 2003 had Australia Council
writers residency in Rome
.
Awards -
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Career
Brown was born in SeymourSeymour, Victoria
Seymour is a township in the Shire of Mitchell in the state of Victoria, Australia and is located north of Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Seymour had a population of 6,063...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, and her childhood was spent in on military bases in Toowoomba and Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
. Since her early twenties, she has mostly lived in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. She has made her living as a silkscreen printer, musician and film-maker, has taught writing, multi-media studies and film-making and worked from 1989 - 2006 as a librarian at University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
. She lives in Sydney, Australia.
From 1997 to 2002 Pam Brown was the poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
editor of Overland
Overland (literary journal)
Overland is an Australian literary and cultural journal. It was founded in 1954, under the auspices of the Realist Writers Group in Melbourne, Australia, with Stephen Murray-Smith being the first editor. The current editor is Jeff Sparrow. The journal has a left-wing orientation.- External links :*...
and since 2004 has been the associate editor of Jacket
Jacket (magazine)
Jacket is an on-line literary periodical edited by the Australian poet John Tranter. The first issue was in October 1997.Each new number of the magazine is posted at the Web site piece by piece until the new issue is full, when the next issue starts. Past issues remain posted as well...
magazine. She has been a guest at poetry festivals worldwide, taught at the University for Foreign Languages, Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
, and during 2003 had Australia Council
Australia Council
The Australia Council, informally known as the Australia Council for the Arts, is the official arts council or arts funding body of the Government of Australia.-Function:...
writers residency in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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Awards and nominations
Nominations -- 1984 - NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry for 'New & Selected Poems 1971-1982'
- 1999 - NSW Premier’s Kenneth Slessor Award for Poetry for '50-50'
- 2004 - The Age Book Of The Year Award - Poetry, VIC for 'True Thoughts'
- 2010 - Adelaide Festival Award for Poetry, SA for 'True Thoughts'
- 2010 - The Age Book Of The Year Award - Poetry, VIC for 'Authentic Local'
Awards -
- 2004 - Kenneth Slessor AwardNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsThe New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
for Dear Deliria: New & Selected Poems.
Books Published
- Sureblock, (Pat Woolley, Melbourne, 1972)
- Cocabola's Funny Picture Book, (Tomato Press, Sydney, 1973)
- Automatic Sad, (Tomato Press, Sydney, 1974)
- Cafe Sport, (Sea Cruise Books, Sydney, 1979)
- Correspondences, (Red Press, Sydney, 1979)
- Country & Eastern, (Never-Never Books, Sydney, 1980)
- Small Blue View, (E.A.F./Magic Sam, Adelaide, 1982)
- Selected Poems 1971-1982, (Redress/Wild & Woolley, Sydney, 1984)
- Keep It Quiet, (Sea Cruise Books, Sydney, 1987)
- New & Selected Poems, (Wild & Woolley, Sydney, 1990)
- This World. This Place. (University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1994)
- 50 - 50, (Little Esther Books, Adelaide, 1997)
- Text thing (Little Esther Books, Adelaide, 2002)
- Dear Deliria (New & Selected Poems), (Salt PublishingSalt PublishingSalt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics...
, UK/US/Aus, 2003) - True Thoughts (Salt Publishing, U.K./U.S.A/Aust, 2008)
- Authentic Local (Soi 3 Modern Poets, papertiger media, Aust/Thailand, 2010 )
Chapbooks
- Little Droppings(Never-Never Books,Sydney 1994)
- My Lightweight Intentions (Salt/Folio, U.K./Perth 1998)(2nd Edition Never-Never Books, Sydney 2006)
- Drifting Topoi(Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2000)
- eleven 747 poems (Wild Honey Press, Ireland, 2002)
- Let’s Get Lost(with Ken Bolton and Laurie Duggan)(Vagabond Press, Sydney 2005)
- Peel Me A Zibibbo (Never-Never Books, Sydney, 2006)
- farout_library_software(with Maged Zaher) (Tinfish Press, Hawai'i, US 2007)
- Sentimental (Longhouse Books, US 2010)