Alan Wearne (born 23 July 1948) is an Australian poet.
Alan Wearne | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alan Richard Wearne 23 July 1948 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Pen name | Walker Norris |
| Occupation | Poet, lecturer |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Monash University |
| Period | 1971 – current |
Early life and education edit
Alan Wearne was born on 23 July 1948[1] and grew up in Melbourne.[2] He studied history at Monash University, where he met the poets Laurie Duggan and John A. Scott.[3] He was involved in the Poets Union.[4]
Career edit
After publishing two collections of poetry, he wrote a verse novel, The Nightmarkets (1986), which won the Australian Book Council Banjo Award[5] and was adapted for performance with Monash University Student Theatre.[6]
His next book in the same genre, The Lovemakers, won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry and the NSW Premier's Book of the Year in 2002,[7] as well as the Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award.[8] The first half of the novel was published by Penguin, and its second by the ABC in 2004 as The Lovemakers: Book Two, Money and Nothing and co-won The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies' Colin Roderick Award[9] and the H. T. Priestly Medal. Despite this critical success neither book was promoted properly and both volumes ended up being pulped.[10] Shearsman Press in the UK has since republished the book in a single volume.[citation needed]
These Things Are Real was published in 2017 by Giramondo Publishing.
Wearne lectured in Creative Writing[11] at the University of Wollongong until 2016.[12]
Books edit
- Public Relations (1972)
- New Devil, New Parish (1976)
- The Nightmarkets (Penguin, 1986) ISBN 0-14-007586-0
- Out Here (Newcastle upon Tyne : Bloodaxe Books 1987) ISBN 0-906427-72-X
- Kicking In Danger (Black Pepper 1997) ISBN 1-876044-20-9 review
- The Lovemakers: Book One, Saying All The Great Sexy Things (Penguin, 2001) ISBN 0-14-024541-3
- The Lovemakers: Book Two, Money and Nothing (ABC, 2004) ISBN 0-7333-1359-0 review review
- Sarsaparilla A Calypso (Polar Bear Press, 2007)
- The Australian Popular Songbook (Giramondo 2008) ISBN 978-1-920882-41-9
- Prepare the Cabin for Landing (Giramondo 2012) ISBN 9781920882945
- These Things Are Real (Giramondo 2017) ISBN 978-1-925336-32-0
References edit
- ^ Maxine Beneba Clarke, "These things are real", The Saturday Paper, 3-9 February 2018, p. 30
- ^ Alan Wearne Archived 2006-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (Australian Literature Resources) Accessed: 4-1-2007
- ^ McCooey, David (1 January 2001). "An Interview with Laurie Duggan" (PDF). The Literary Review: 126–137.
- ^ "Poets Union of New South Wales - records, 1977-2000". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Alan Wearne". Giramondo Publishing. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Guide to the Papers of Alan Wearne [MSS 334]". www.unsw.adfa.edu.au. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Winners of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 1979–2010" (PDF). NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Alan Wearne". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Awards". James Cook University. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Neil, Rosmary. Pulping our poetry (The Australian) Accessed 9-11-2009
- ^ Alan Warne - Faculty of Creative Arts (University of Wollongong) Accessed 9-11-2009. (Dead link)
- ^ "Alan Wearne". Centre for Stories. Retrieved 16 May 2022.