John Kinsella
John Kinsella was born in Western Australia in 1963. He
is the author of a dozen works of poetry including Full Fathom
Five (FACP), Syzygy (FACP), The Silo (FACP,
1995), Erratum/Frame(d) (Folio/FACP), The Radnoti Poems
(Equipage, U.K.), The Undertow: New & Selected Poems
(Arc, U.K), and Lightning Tree (FACP, 1996). 1997 will
see the publication of his experimental novel Genre (international
release), and the publication of the English edition of his internationally
successful The Silo: A Pastoral Symphony by Arc. He is
at present working on an anthology of contemporary Australian
poetry, and has recently co-edited (with Joseph Parisi) a double
issue of Australian poetry for the American journal Poetry. His
verse play Crop Circles is being prepared for production.
He will be a writer in residence
at Churchill College, Cambridge, in 1997, where he has recently
been made a By-Fellow. He will also be involved in the teaching
of Australian literature in the Commonwealth Literature course
run by the English Department of Cambridge University. He is the
editor of Salt magazine and Folio(Salt) publishing. He
is the recipient of numerous awards, grants, and Fellowships,
including: The Western Australian Premier's Award for Poetry,
The Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry, The John Bray Poetry
Award from the Adelaide Festival, Senior Fellowships from the
Literature Board of The Australia Council, and a Young Australian
Creative Fellowship. His work has been or is being translated
into many languages, including French, German, Chinese, and Dutch.
Published Works include:
Poetry
The Frozen Sea (Zeppelin Press, 1983)
Night Parrots (FACP, 1989)
The Book of Two Faces (PICA, 1989)
Eschatologies (FACP, 1991)
Full Fathom Five (FACP, 1993)
Syzygy (FACP, 1993)
The Silo: A Pastoral Symphony (FACP, 1995)
Erratum/Frame(d) (Folio/FACP, 1995)
The Radnoti Poems (Equipage, U.K., 1996)
Anathalamion (Poetical Histories, U.K., 1996)
The Undertow: New and Selected Poems (Arc, U.K., 1996)
Lightning Tree (FACP, 1996)
As Editor
The Bird Catcherís Song (Salt, 1992)
A Salt Reader (Folio [Salt], 1995)
Double Issue of Australian Poetry for Poetry (Chicago,
U.S.A.) with Joseph Parisi
Forthcoming
Collected Poems 1980 - 1994 (FACP, 1997)
Graphology (Equipage, U.K., 1997) -- poems
The Benefaction (Roof Books, USA, 1997)
Authenticities (FACP, 1998) -- poems
Genre (FACP, 1997) -- prose fiction
Grappling Eros (FACP) -- short fiction
Directions in Contemporary Australian Poetry (FACP, 1997/8)
-- anthology
Crop Circles -- verse play
Collected Experimental Poems
Rev. 2-97