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Rosemary Dobson Rosemary Dobson i(A23073 works by) (a.k.a. Rosemary de Brissac Dobson; Rosemary Bolton Dobson)
Born: Established: 18 Jun 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 27 Jun 2012 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
Gender: Female
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1 New England Rosemary Dobson , single work
1 Poets in Three Countries Rosemary Dobson , single work review
— Review of Under Aldebaran James McAuley , 1946 selected work poetry
1 7 y separately published work icon Rosemary Dobson : Collected Rosemary Dobson , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2012 Z1852501 2012 selected work poetry

'Since the publication of her first book in 1944, Rosemary Dobson has built a reputation as one of Australia's most important poets. This volume collects and celebrates the work of her long and distinguished career, bringing together a vast and striking body of work. The poetry ranges from the exquisitely lyrical, with its clarity of observation, to delicious wit and playfulness. Ground-breaking poems about domestic lives, especially motherhood, have influenced many younger poets, while translations and poetry about the visual arts are equally distinctive.

'Dobson herself has spoken of her poetry as 'part of a search for something only fugitively glimpsed, a state of grace which one once knew, or imagined, or from which one was turned away. Surely everyone who writes poetry would agree this is part of it - a doomed but urgent wish to express the inexpressible.' Now in her nineties, Rosemary is still producing new work and having it published.' Source: http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Book.aspx/1189/Rosemary%20Dobson-%20Collected (Sighted 14/10/2016).

1 'I Was Washing at Night' i "I wash at night in the yard outside", Rosemary Dobson , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 333 2011; (p. 58)
1 Empty Spaces i "We never could walk then", Rosemary Dobson , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 475)
1 Poems a Long Way After Basho i "I breathe the leaves of the basil", Rosemary Dobson , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blast , no. 8 (New series) 2008; (p. 6) The Best Australian Poems 2008 2008; (p. 29) The Best Australian Poetry 2009 2009; (p. 11) Virginia Quarterly Review , Summer vol. 87 no. 3 2011; (p. 155)
1 y separately published work icon Poems to Hold or Let Go Rosemary Dobson , Canberra : Ampersand Duck , 2008 9581069 2008 selected work poetry
1 Aspects of Holiness i "So much shown in a little space", Rosemary Dobson , 2006-2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 287 2006-2007; (p. 20) The Best Australian Poems 2007 2007; (p. 20)
1 Francis Webb: For My Grandfather Rosemary Dobson , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 13 no. 3 2006; (p. 44)
1 Divining Colander i "The kitchen vessels that sustained", Rosemary Dobson , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 282 2006; (p. 54) The Best Australian Poems 2006 2006; (p. 49) The Canberra Times , 29 June 2012; (p. 1)
1 For Poet, Some Special Words of Recognition Rosemary Dobson , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 May 2006; (p. 8)
1 The Name Regained Rosemary Dobson , 2005-2006 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 277 2005-2006; (p. 6)
Rosemary Dobson explains the original naming of Alec Bolton's private press as Officina Brindabella - it was due to 'a problem of registration' when he discovered that his preferred name for the press was already registered. When the original registration lapsed, Bolton claimed the name 'Brindabella Press'.
1 The Rose-Coloured Dress Rosemary Dobson , 2005 single work autobiography
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , June vol. 15 no. 9 2005; (p. 7-9)
Rosemary Dobson recalls her early working days at Angus and Robertson in Sydney, and the story behind the National Library's Norman Lindsay portrait.
1 Belief i "The music stopped", Rosemary Dobson , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 272 2005; (p. 44)
1 1 y separately published work icon Folding the Sheets and Other Poems Rosemary Dobson , Warners Bay : Picaro Press , 2004 Z1150123 2004 selected work poetry
1 Spires i "Then there were spires in every landscape", Rosemary Dobson , 2003-2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 257 2003-2004; (p. 23)
1 Dedicated Children's Writer Rosemary Dobson , 2003 single work obituary (for Joan Phipson )
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 June 2003; (p. 21)
1 Joan Margaret Phipson : Author : 16 November 1912-2 April 2003 Rosemary Dobson , 2002 single work obituary (for Joan Phipson )
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 24 2002; (p. 17-19) Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 47 no. 2 2003; (p. 48)
Describes the literary career and world of children's novelist Joan Phipson, who saw the dominant theme of her own work as 'man's relationship with the earth he lives on and with the universe about him.'
1 The Book i "She plucks the bed-sheets with uneasy hands", Rosemary Dobson , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 3 (New Series) 2002; (p. 7)
1 For Judith Wright's Memorial Occasion, Old Parliament House, Canberra, 19 July 2000 Rosemary Dobson , 2001 single work obituary (for Judith Wright )
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 61 no. 1 2001; (p. 78-79)
Rosemary Dobson remembers reading Judith Wright's poems as they first appeared in magazines in the 1940s and speaks of the influence of Wright's lyrical poetry on the world.
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