Maria Takolander

Maria Takolander, born in Melbourne in 1973, is an Australian poet and literary critic. She is a lecturer at Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, in the areas of Literary Studies and Professional and Creative Writing.^[1] She has published many poems in literary journals, and her work has frequently been included in The Best Australian Poems and The Best Australian Poetry. Her first full-length book of poems, Ghostly Subjects, was shortlisted for the 2010 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.^[2][3]

She has also published articles of literary criticism within Australia and internationally.

She is married to fellow Australian poet David McCooey.

Critic Martin Duwell has written of her work, "...Takolander, as well as being an exciting new poet, also writes in what might be thought of as a branch line of the minimalist tradition... it is always a treat to read poems of a consistently high quality written by a young Australian poet which sound so unlike the poems of other young Australian poets."^[4]

Publications

Poetry

• Narcissism, Geelong: Whitmore Press, 2005.
• Ghostly Subjects, Cambridge: Salt, 2009.

Literary criticism

• Catching Butterflies: Bringing Magical Realism to Ground. Bern: Peter Lang, 2007.

References

1. ^ Information at Saltpublishing.com
2. ^ Information at Deakin University's website
3. ^ http://www.premiers.qld.gov.au/awards-and-recognition/literary-awards/2010-shortlist.aspx
4. ^ http://www.australianpoetryreview.com.au/0911takolander.htm

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Name	Takolander, Maria
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Short description	Australian poet and literary critic
Date of birth	1973
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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