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Sandra Hill Sandra Hill i(A54128 works by) (a.k.a. Sandra Fitts)
Born: Established: 1951
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Sandy Hill was born in England and grew up on the coast of Yorkshire. Her poems have been published widely and have won many awards in Australia and the UK.

Her poem 'Waiting for Goya' won the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize in 2007. Other first prizes include the Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award and the Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Competition, while 'Headgear (a review)' was shortlisted for the Australian Book Review poetry prize.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Sandra Hill's poem 'Reading the City' won first prize in the poetry section of the inaugural The Write Stuff Literary Competition 2004.

Personal Awards

2010 recipient Australia Council Literature Board Grants — Grants for Developing Writers $25,000 for poetry writing
2003 shortlisted Somerset National Poetry Prize For the poem 'Crossing the Intersection.'
second Petra Kenney Poetry Award
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Awards for Works

Waiting for Goya i "And so, as you see, quite a journey, and now", 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 113 2008; (p. 64-67) The Best Australian Poems 2008 2008; (p. 49-51) Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 765-767)
2007 winner Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize
y separately published work icon View from the Lucky Hotel Parkville : Five Islands Press , 2008 Z1547418 2008 selected work poetry
2008 winner Anne Elder Award
Headgear (A Review) i "The tropical pith helmet in its post-colonial form is solid", 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 269 2005; (p. 23-25)
2004 shortlisted Peter Porter Poetry Prize Prize known as the ABR Poetry Prize in 2004.
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