Susan Hampton

Susan Hampton (born 1949) is a contemporary Australian poet, short story writer and editor.

Biography

Susan Hampton was born in Inverell. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2003/921518.htm Poetica] ABC Radio National] She has a diploma from the Newcastle Teacher's College and a BA from Sydney University. Having worked as a teacher she is currently an editor and has worked on books such as "Stravinsky's Lunch", "Gilgamesh", and "The Poison Principle". Six volumes of her poetry and short stories have been published.

Hampton has been the poetry editor for "The Canberra Times" and edited the anthology "Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets". [ [http://www.thylazine.org/directory/directh/ Australian Artists and Writers Directory] Thylazine Foundation] Her collection, "The Kindly Ones", was short listed for the 2006 C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry and Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. [ [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/cjdprize/shortlist2006.html "The C J Dennis Prize for Poetry: Shortlist 2006"] at the State Library of Victoria.] [ [http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/awards/LiteraryAwards/2006%20awards/2006shortlistjudgescom.htm#kenn "Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry"] Arts NSW]

Bibliography

Poetry

* "Ten Poems" (Australian Council of Trade Unions, 1980) ISBN 0909791090
* "Costumes: poems and prose". (Transit New Poetry, 1981)
* "White Dog Sonnets: A novel". (Sydney: Fab, 1987) ISBN 0958783101
* "A Latin Primer". (Cerberus, 1998)ISBN 0958729328
* "The Kindly Ones" (Five Islands, 2005) ISBN 1-74128-093-1 "reviews:" [http://jacketmagazine.com/29/mauro-hampton.html] [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2006/1565043.htm] [http://www.api-network.com/cgi-bin/reviews/jrbview.cgi?n=1741280931&issue=44]
* "The Tall Women".
* "Rogue Songs".

hort fiction

* "Surly Girls". (Collins, 1990) ISBN 0732225124

Edited

* "Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets". With Kate Llewellyn (Penguin, 1986) ISBN 0140585753 [http://www.austlit.com/a/hampton/peng-wp.html review]

External links

* [http://www.foxediting.com/The%20Kindly%20Ones.pdf "The Kindly Ones"] at Fox Editing

References

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