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Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

A former visual arts teacher, Jan Dean has been president of Newcastle-based 'Poetry at the Pub', a New South Wales poet's group which was founded in 1988. Since 1996 her work has appeared in anthologies, periodicals and newspapers including Blue Dog: Australian Poetry, Muse and Famous Reporter.

She has lived in Cardiff, New South Wales.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2021 finalist The Joanne Burns Award
2019 finalist The Joanne Burns Award
2018 winner The Joanne Burns Award — Hunter category for 'Fish Flops and Flaps'.
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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon With One Brush Carindale : Interactive Publications , 2007 Z1378716 2007 selected work poetry
2008 shortlisted ASAL Awards — Mary Gilmore Award for a First Book of Poetry
2007 winner IP Picks Award — Best First Book
The Microphone Speaks (for the French Harlequin Poet) i "She is another Piaf, a little sparrow.", 1998 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Multicultural Book Review , vol. 5 no. 3 1998; (p. 13)
1997 second Multicultural Poetry Prize — Open Poetry
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