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Patricia Sykes Patricia Sykes i(A13177 works by)
Born: Established: 1941 ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

'Patricia Sykes is a poet and librettist. Her poems have won the John Shaw Neilson, Tom Collins, and Newcastle poetry prizes and her books shortlisted in the Mary Gilmore, Anne Elder and Judith Wright Awards. Her collaborations with composer Liza Lim have been performed at festivals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Paris, Berlin, Moscow and Huddersfield. She was Asialink Writer in Residence, Malaysia, 2006. ' (Source : http://cordite.org.au/poetry/explode/in-roads/ )

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Sighted Joanne Sawyers - 9 Nov 2016

Personal Awards

2010 Shortlisted The Newcastle Poetry Prize for ‘Prosthetic Winter’
2006 Asialink Literature Residency Program For travel to Malaysia to develop a full-length opera libretto, 'Navigator'.
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Awards for Works

A Grammar of Survival i "Which recalls me to your arrival", 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tremble : The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor's International Poetry Prize 2016; (p. 17-18)
2016 shortlisted The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize
Cassandra Vegas 2009 sequence poetry
— Appears in: The Night Road : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2009 2009; (p. 141-146) Completely Surrounded : Thirty Years of the Newcastle Poetry Prize 1981-2011 2011; (p. 249-255)
2009 winner The Newcastle Poetry Prize
y separately published work icon Modewarre : Home Ground North Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 2004 Z1155096 2004 selected work poetry
2005 shortlisted Australian Capital Territory Poetry Prize — Judith Wright Award for a Published Collection by an Australian Poet
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