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Ross Gillett Ross Gillett i(A33126 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

A Victorian poet, Gillett grew up in the western suburbs of Melbourne. He taught English at Melbourne and Monash Universities during the 1970s. He has since worked as an administrator in higher education for both federal and state governments. Since 1995 he has lived at Ballarat.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2020 shortlisted The Newcastle Poetry Prize for 'Remembering Iraklion'.
2019 shortlisted Peter Porter Poetry Prize for 'The Mirror Hurlers'.
2018 highly commended Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Competition

Awards for Works

South Coast Sonnets i "We drove across the estuary,", 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January / February no. 418 2020; (p. 57)
2020 shortlisted Peter Porter Poetry Prize
The Mirror Hurlers 2019 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 35-36)
2019 shortlisted Peter Porter Poetry Prize
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