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Jennifer Harrison Jennifer Harrison i(A34391 works by)
Born: Established: 1955 Liverpool, Merseyside,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Jennifer Harrison completed her medical degree in 1979 and her psychiatrist training in 1990. She then went on to practise as a psychiatrist. She has lived for some time in the United States and New Zealand, and has travelled in the Himalayas. In 2004 she was awarded the Martha Richardson Poetry Medal.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

Grand Final i "Dirty silver rain has been falling all day", 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blake Prize 2007;
2013 shortlisted Blake Poetry Prize
y separately published work icon Colombine : New and Selected Poems Fitzroy North : Black Pepper , 2010 Z1756931 2010 selected work poetry

'Colombine unusually contains two sets of ravish new poems, the title sequence and another called Fugue. The poems selected from her previous collections, from the Anne Elder Award-winning Michelangelo's Prisoners to her fourth book, Folly & Grief, illustrate the depth of her talent.' (Publication summary)

2010 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Poetry
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