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- 1975-1982 (Creation)
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Judith Catherine Green born on 13 February 1936 in Perth, Western Australia. She attended the Ascot State School, Brisbane Girls' Grammar School, gained an Open Scholarship to the University of Queensland where she obtained first class honours in English, received her Master of Arts from Cambridge University. She met her first husband, Fabio Rodriguez while tutoring at Kingston University, Jamaica. They married in 1964 and divorced in 1981. In 1982 she married Thomas Shapcott. She has published numerous volumes of poetry, some illustrated by her own woodcuts. From 1979 to 1982 she was poetry editor for Meanjin and from 1988 to 1997 poetry editor with Penguin Australia. Judith Rodriguez has also co-written the play Poor Johanna with Robyn Archer and her libretto for the opera Lindy was performed at the Sydney Opera House in 2002. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Christopher Brennan Award and in 1994 received the Order of Australia for services to literature. Rodriguez died on 22 November 2018.
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Correspondence between Judith Rodriguez and various publishers and poets regarding lists of poets, biographical detail about poets and poems and concerned with compilation of anthologies. Correspondence including covering letters and responses, lists of poets, poems and poetry reviewed for Meanjin. Letter to Carole [Ferrier] and pen drawing of Professor F.W. Robinson. Folders have been labelled by Judith Rodriguez.
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- U.S. Women Poets Anthology, (Read 1975). Listing of American women writers. List of titles of poems, some with critiques. Listings are original typescript. [Box 13 Folder 17].
- Judith: Women's love poetry read of Jul 1982, Salom A. Muse and Deakin University, 14th Sep 1982 (twice) with Tina Smyrnio's prints 1980 to 1982. Various pages of poetry by various women authors. [Box 13 Folder 18].
- A.I.P. Anthology. Correspondence, 1979 to 1982. Correspondence with Australia International Press & Publications Pty. Ltd. Notes regarding anthology of Australian women writers, letters to and from various poets, poems. Biographical details about various poets. [Box 13 Folder 19].
- Correspondence, lists of names, lists of poetry sent to and taken by Judith Rodriguez, lists of poetry reviewed, poems. 1979 to 1982. [Box 14 Folder 1]
- Meanjin and some covering letters and responses, 1979 to 1982. [Box 14 Folder 2]
- Pen drawing and letter, 9 Nov 1979. Pen drawing of Professor F. W. Robinson by Judith Rodriguez on scrap paper, 1957. Letter to Carole [Ferrier] outlining origination of drawing and its eventual appearance in Semper in 1958. [Box 14 Folder 3]
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Box 13 Folders 17-19, Box 14 Folders 1-3.
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Previously housed as Box 7 Folders 79-84.
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Created, Linda Justo, 11-Apr-2022.