Lucy Dougan

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Lucy Dougan (born 1966) is an Australian poet whose first collection was published in 1998.

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Early life and education

Dougan was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1966. [1]

In 2009, she completed her PhD thesis at the University of Western Australia in dual format ‘’On the Circumvesuviana’’ (poetry) and ‘’The Vesuvian Imaginary: The Woman's Journey to Naples in Three Texts’’ (dissertation). [2] Her thesis formed the basis of her 2012 publication, On the Circumvesuviana.

Works

Poetry

As editor

Awards and recognition

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References

  1. ↑ "Lucy Dougan". Austlit, State Library of NSW. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Dougan, Lucy (2009), On the Circumvesuviana (poetry); and The vesuvian imaginary: the woman's journey to Naples in three texts (dissertation) , retrieved 16 May 2018
  3. ↑ "Book awards: Mary Gilmore Prize". LibraryThing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Lucy Dougan's 'The Guardians'". Westerly magazine. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "2015 Queensland Literary Awards shortlist announcement". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2016". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Winners announced for Premier's Book Awards". State Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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