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Duggan, Laurie, 1949-
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- Duggan, Laurence James, 1949-
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1949-
History
Laurie Duggan was born in Melbourne in 1949 and obtained a PhD in Fine Arts in 1999 from Melbourne University. He worked as a movie scriptwriter (1978-1983) and an art critic (for the Times on Sunday, 1986-1987). In 1987 he participated in a reading tour of the USA and Canada organised by the Australia Council and the Department of Foreign Affairs. In 1990 he was a guest at the Wellington NZ Festival of the Arts. He was poetry editor for Meanjin from June 1994 to December 1997. From 2002 to 2008 he was an Honorary Research Advisor at the Australian Studies Centre and the School of English, Media Studies and Art History, University of Queensland. He has published many books of poems as well as literary criticism and articles on art, architecture and cultural history. In 2006 Duggan moved to the United Kingdom and now resides in Kent.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 9-Sep-2020.
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Revised with expanded history and source, Kymberley Doyle, 17-Mar-2025.