Anna Couani

Anna Couani (born 6 April 1948) is a contemporary Australian poet and teacher.

Anna Couani was born and grew up in Sydney. She studied architecture at the University of Sydney, then took an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Technology Sydney. Since the 70s she has participated in feminist activism, small press publishing and has taught art, English and ESL at secondary schools. A concern with marginalised aspects of women's lives runs throughout her writing. The novel "The Western Horizon" was serialised in HEAT from 1996 to 2000 and is now available online [http://seacruise.ath.cx/annacouani/westernhorizon/index.htm] .

Works

Poetry
*"Were all Women Sex-mad? & Other stories". (Melbourne : Rigmarole, 1982) ISBN 978-0-909229-19-1
*"The Harbour Breathes". (Sydney & Melbourne: Sea Cruise/Masterthief Enterprises, 1989) ISBN 978-0-908152-14-8

Edited
*"Island in the Sun : An anthology of recent Australian prose" with Damien White & Tom Thompson (Sydney: Sea Cruise Books, 1980) ISBN 978-0-908172-01-6
*"Island in the Sun 2: An anthology of recent Australian prose" with Damien White (Sydney: Sea Cruise Books, 1980) ISBN 978-0-908152-09-4
*"Telling Ways: Australian women's experimental writing" with Sneja Gunew (Adelaide : Australian Feminist Studies, 1988) ISBN 978-0-86396-068-0

External links

* [http://seacruise.ath.cx/annacouani/index.html Anna Couani] Home page
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/events/couani.html Women Writing: Views & Prospects 1975-1995] Conference paper at NLA
* [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/sgunew/FRAMARG/SIX.HTM Homeland, Nostalgia, the Uncanny: The Work of Anna Couani] from "Framing Marginality" by Sneja Gunew
* [http://www.projectroom.com/joystick/cross2000/issue1/hooten.htm Images of The Cross in the poetry of Kenneth Slessor, Harry Hooten, and Anna Couani] by Ruark Lewis
* [http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A)t} Austlit - Couani, Anna]

References

* [http://seacruise.ath.cx/annacouani/shortbio.html Short biography]
* [http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A)t%7D Caouani, Anna]

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