Fay Zwicky

Fay Zwicky (born 1933) is a contemporary Australian poet and academic.

Fay Zwicky was born and grew up in Melbourne where she began writing as a student at Melbourne University. [ [http://www.austlit.com/a/zwicky/index.html Faye Zwicky] ("sic.") at Australian Literary Resources] She has since been a concert pianist and lectured in American and comparative literature at University of Western Australia until her retirement. After which she has concentrated on writing, achieving international recognition. The exploration of her Jewish heritage is a recurrent motif in her work. Though she does not confine herself thematically, encompassing more recently, for example, the work of Japanese printmaker Hokusai.

Awards and Nominations

* 1982 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry for "Kaddish and Other Poems"
* 1991 - Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for Poetry for "Ask Me"
* 1998 - Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for Poetry for "The Gatekeeper's Wife"
* 2005 - Patrick White Award

In 2004 Fay Zwicky was declared a Western Australian “Living Treasure”, which she considers to be “a most repulsive term” [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/writers-solitary-life-interrupted-by-award/2005/11/11/1131578237917.html "The Age"] 12th November 2005] . Her most recent collection of poems is "Picnic", published in 2006.

Bibliography

Poetry
* "Isaac Babel's Fiddle" (1975) ISBN 0-909387-00-1
* "Kaddish and Other Poems" (UQP, 1982) ISBN 0-7022-1680-1
* "Ask Me" (UQP, 1990) ISBN 0-7022-2282-8
* "Fay Zwicky: Poems 1970–1992" (UQP, 1993) ISBN 0-7022-2466-9
* "The Gatekeeper's Wife" (Brandl & Schlesinger, 1999) ISBN 1-876040-04-1
* "Picnic: New poems" (Giramondo, 2006) ISBN 1-920882-18-9

Short Stories
* "Hostages" (Fremantle: FACP, 1983) ISBN 0-909144-67-2

Criticism
* "The Lyre in the Pawnshop: Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984" (UWAP, 1986) ISBN 0-85564-267-X

External sources

* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Ba07Spo-_N69839.html Starting over in autumn] from Sport magazine
* [http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/asso/semicerchio/sc_22_zwicky.htm Two poems] with Italian translations
* [http://www.c-side.com.au/editorial/37/book-of-the-month-picnic-by-fay-zwicky/ 2 poems] from "Picnic"
* [http://www.ccjaustralia.org/en/?item=60 Border Crossings] text of talk on religion
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/bwriting/stories/s1520581.htm Interview] by Ramona Koval
* [http://abc.net.au/rn/linguafranca/stories/2006/1735249.htm Fallen Idol] talk on W. B. Yeats

References

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