Judith Bishop (born 1972) is a contemporary Australian poet, linguist and translator.

Biography

Judith Bishop was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1972. She holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, an MFA in Writing from Washington University in St Louis and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Melbourne. In 1994 she received the Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship for postgraduate study in the United Kingdom.[1] Her MPhil thesis at Cambridge treated the poetry of Yves Bonnefoy.[2]

In addition to her own work, Bishop has an interest in translating French poets, and has published translations of Philippe Jaccottet, René Char and Gérard Macé.[3]

Published works

  • Interval (UQP, February 2018)
  • Event (Salt Publishing, 2007). ISBN 978-1-84471-283-0
  • Aftermarks (Vagabond Press, 2012).
  • Alice Missing in Wonderland and other poems (Picaro Press, 2008).

Awards

References

  1. Archived 10 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Bennett Scholarship Holders
  2. Jacket Magazine
  3. 1 2 Austlit entry
  4. Literary Awards
  5. http://www.melbourneprize.org/mp2018/wp-content/uploads/MP2018_Finalists_Judith_Bishop.pdf
  6. Jefferson, Dee, Arts editor (29 April 2019). "'I wanted to help change the conversation': History of Aboriginal archaeology wins literary prize". ABC News. Retrieved 29 April 2019. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Austlit Literary Database page
  • Personal website
  • Salt Publishing author page
  • Mansour Hosseini: musical setting of a poem, "Reading the Greek Myths"
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