Andy Kissane

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Andy Kissane (13 September 1959 -), is a Melbourne-born, Sydney-based writer. He has written a number of poetry collections as well as short stories, novels and non-fiction.

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Personal life

Kissane was born in Melbourne, but moved to Sydney in 1987, where he lives in Sydney with his partner and daughter.[ citation needed ] He has worked as a high school teacher, writer-in-residence and university lecturer. He has also produced audiobooks. Kissane is a supporter of the Brisbane Lions and coaches basketball. He enjoys gardening, especially bushland regeneration. [1] His older brother is the Australian psychiatrist Professor David Kissane.

Awards and Accolades

Kissane has won several awards for his writing, including the Sydney Writers' Festival Poetry Olympics, the Publisher's Cup Cricket Poetry Award, the Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry and the BTG-Blue Dog Poetry reviewing prize. In 2011, his book Out to Lunch was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, one of New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. [1] His poem Searching the Dead was joint winner of the 2019 Peter Porter Poetry Prize. [2]

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Poetry

Fiction

Short story collections

Novels

Non-Fiction

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References

  1. 1 2 http://andykissane.com/?page_id=41
  2. "Kissane and Ling win Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2019". Books+Publishing. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Carmody, Broede (17 May 2019). "Andy Kissane's generous poems welcome you in and demand little in return". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 October 2021.