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- 1994 (Creation)
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2 folders
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Anthony Lawrence was born in 1957 in Tamworth. He left school at the age of sixteen, becoming first a jackeroo, and then travelling for several years before returning to New South Wales to become a teacher and writer. While working as a fisherman in Western Australia, he secured a literary fellowship which enabled him to devote time to writing poetry. Lawrence has won a number of awards for his poetry, including the inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award (Queensland Premier's Poetry Prize), the Harri Jones Memorial Award, the Gwen Harwood Memorial Prize in 1996, and the Newcastle Poetry Prize in 1997. He has also received a number of Literature Board Grants. Lawrence was poetry editor for the 2004 volume of UQP's Best Australian Poetry Series. --excerpted from AustLit
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This series contains awards and commendations received by Anthony Lawrence including a signed card from the poet Seamus Heaney and the inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award
Box 7
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A handwritten note from Seamus Heaney to the author. Dated 2 October 1994. Written on a printed card of Heaney's poem 'Tollund'. One hundred and twenty-five copies of the card were printed privately for Heaney in September 1994.
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Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry presented to the author on 13 October 1999 in Brisbane. Awarded for the best published collection of poetry. This is the inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award, introduced in 1999 by the Queensland Minister for the Arts.
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In copyright. Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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- English
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Box 7 Folders 7-8
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- Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 (Subject)
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Created, KM, 13-Sep-2024.