Diane Mary Fahey (born 2 January 1945) is an Australian poet. She was born Diane Mary Brotheridge in Melbourne, Australia and lives in the Barwon Heads area, near Geelong.[1]
Diane Fahey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Diane Mary Brotheridge 2 January 1945 Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
A winner of the 1985 Mattara Poetry Prize, the 1987 Wesley Michel Wright Prize and many other awards, Fahey has been widely published in Australian and internationally and received writing grants from the Australia Council, Arts Victoria and Arts South Australia.[2] She has been writer in residence at Ormond College, University of Melbourne and the University of Adelaide.
Her main creative concerns are nature writing, Greek myths, visual art, fairy tales and literary mystery novels. Her most recent collection Sea Wall and River Light (Five Islands Press) is a series of sonnets about Barwon Heads, tracing the year at that place.
Fahey holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Literature and a PhD in Creative Writing for her study, 'Places and Spaces of the Writing Life'.[1]
Publications
editPoetry collections
edit- Voices from the Honeycomb (1986)[3]
- Metamorphoses (1988)[4]
- Turning the Hourglass (1990)[5]
- Mayflies in Amber (1994)[6]
- The Body in Time (1995)[7]
- Listening to a Far Sea (1998)[8]
- The Sixth Swan (2001)[9]
- Sea Wall and River Light (2006)[10]
- Winter Solstice and Other Poems (2008)[11]
- The Wing Collection : New and Selected Poems (2011)[12]
- The Stone Garden : Poems from Clare (2013)[13]
- A House by the River (2016)[14]
- November Journal (2017)[15]
- Glass Flowers (2021)[16]
- The Light Cafe (2023)[17]
Novella
edit- The Mystery of Rosa Morland (2008)[18]
References
edit- ^ a b "Austlit — Diane Fahey". Austlit. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Diane Fahey". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Voices from the Honeycomb". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Metamorphoses". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Turning the Hourglass". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Mayflies in Amber". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "The Body in Time". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Listening to a Far Sea". Austlit. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "The Sixth Swan". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Sea Wall and River Light". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Winter Solstice and Other Poems". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "The Wing Collection : New and Selected Poems". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "The Stone Garden : Poems from Clare". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — A House by the River". Austlit. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "November Journal". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Glass Flowers". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "The Light Cafe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "The Mystery of Rosa Morland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
External links
edit- Diane Fahey at friendlystreetpoets.org.au
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