Elizabeth Campbell (poet)

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Elizabeth Campbell is an Australian poet. [1]

Biography

Elizabeth Campbell was born in Melbourne in 1980. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with an Honours Degree in English in 2000. She has taught English at Eltham High School and MacRobertson Girls' High School, Victoria.

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She has published two collections of verse, Letters to the Tremulous Hand and Error, both published by John Leonard Press.

Her poetry has been widely published and anthologised, and she been the recipient of many awards and residencies for her poetry.

Several of Campbell's poems were included in the 2011 landmark anthology of Australian poetry, Australian Poetry Since 1788.

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References

  1. "Austlit — Elizabeth Campbell". Austlit. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. "Austlit – Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize". Austlit. Retrieved 1 April 2024.


  1. "Australian Poetry Since 1788 edited by Geoffrey Lehmann & Robert Gray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 April 2024.