Peter Boyle (poet)
Australian poet
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| Intro | Australian poet | |
| Places | Australia | |
| is | Poet | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 1951 | |
| Age | 74 years |
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Biography
Peter Boyle (born 1951 in Melbourne, Australia), is an Australian poet and translator.
He has published nine collections of poetry, including The Blue Cloud of Crying and Coming Home From the World.
Boyle has also published translations of Federico García Lorca, Luis Cernuda, Eugenio Montejo, César Vallejo, Pierre Reverdy, and others.
Awards
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Translation Prize and PEN Medallion, 2004: shortlisted
- Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry, 1992: winner
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry, 2005: shortlisted for Museum of Space
- Festival Awards for Literature (SA), John Bray Award for Poetry, 1998: winner for The Blue Cloud of Crying
- NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize, 1997: winner for The Blue Cloud of Crying
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 1995: winner for Coming Home from the World
- NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize, 1995: joint winner for Coming Home from the World
- Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry, 1992: winner for Coming Home from the World