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Jack Hibberd Jack Hibberd i(A15552 works by) (birth name: John Charles Hibberd)
Born: Established: 1940 Warracknabeal, Hopetoun - Warracknabeal - Murtoa area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Love at First Sight Jack Hibberd , (Manuscript version)x400452 Z851916 single work screenplay
1 y separately published work icon Sweet River Jack Hibberd , Mile End : Wakefield Press , 2021 23427758 2021 selected work poetry

''In Sweet River's wash of water and words, there's an implicit message. Humanity might be the great polluter, the river's enemy, but it will all live on, preserved in language - language that seems to lighten Hibberd's usual dismal subjects - decay and death. We get the full gloomy monty in this collection, ending with a joyless Ode To Joy. But there's always the sweet river, pristine and beautiful, memorably mirrored by a master wordsmith. The title poem is pure lyric.' - Barry Oakley' (Publication summary)

1 Senescence Again i "The nights are now so long.", Jack Hibberd , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , June vol. 79 no. 2 2020; (p. 169)
1 Bohemia i "I struggled off, fists in fenestrated pockets", Jack Hibberd , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 May 2012; (p. 20)
1 The Sleeper in the Valley i "There is a green ravine around which the river turns,", Jack Hibberd , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 12 May 2012; (p. 33)
1 Ode to Joy i "The end of my day is close.", Jack Hibberd , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 10 December 2011; (p. 35) The Best Australian Poems 2012 2012; (p. 116)
1 Infinity i "I have always loved this isolated hill", Giacomo Leopardi , Jack Hibberd (translator), 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13 - 14 August 2011; (p. 21)
1 Floods i "After devastating droughts, floods shall ensue", Jack Hibberd , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 November 2010; (p. 25)
1 Untitled Jack Hibberd , 2009 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 October 2009; (p. 3)
1 Journey into the Past, Via Killing Fields Jack Hibberd , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 November 2007; (p. 10-11)

— Review of Landscape of Farewell Alex Miller , 2007 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon Madrigals for a Misanthrope Jack Hibberd , Fitzroy North : Black Pepper , 2004 Z1215718 2004 selected work poetry
1 W.A. Ink i "I'm tired of the wheatlands of Western Australia,", Jack Hibberd , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 37)
1 Dear Jack i "I remember dragging you out of bed for Dimboola", Jack Hibberd , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 37)
1 2 The Death of Ivan Ilych Jack Hibberd , 2002 2002 single work drama
1 The Prodigal Son Jack Hibberd , Jennifer Flowers , 2001 single work drama
— Appears in: Insouciance / The Prodigal Son 2001; (p. 41-68)
1 1 y separately published work icon Insouciance / The Prodigal Son Barry Dickins , Jack Hibberd , Sydney : Currency Press Playbox Theatre , 2001 Z941653 2001 anthology drama
1 Moby Dick i "The great green seas and the great white whale", Jack Hibberd , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Age , 24 November 2001; (p. 8)
1 Disaffection i "Are these the last days of love, love,", Jack Hibberd , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 February 2000; (p. 12)
1 The Kingdom of the Imagination Jack Hibberd , 2000 single work essay
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 2000 2000; (p. 361-371)
1 2 y separately published work icon Selected Plays Jack Hibberd , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2000 Z795032 2000 selected work drama (taught in 3 units)

Three landmark plays from the renaissance of Australian playwriting: 'White with Wire Wheels' was the first play to examine the insecurity inherent in the male culture of women and cars; 'Dimboola', a Rabelaisian account of a country wedding; Monk O'Neill, of 'A Stretch of the Imagination' has become an archetype of Australian character.

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