Zenobia Frost

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Zenobia Frost is an Australian poet. In addition to her two poetry collections, her work has been included in anthologies and published in the leading Australian poetry and literary journals.

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Writing

Her earliest known poem, "Bathers" was written in 2006 in response to Rupert Bunny's eponymous 1906 painting, held by QAGOMA in Brisbane. [1] [2] She won third prize in the under-18 section of the John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers for her poem, "Mirror Mirror". [3]

Since 2008 her poems have been published in the Australian Book Review , Australian Poetry , Cordite Poetry Review, Griffith Review , Island , Meanjin , Overland, Voiceworks . and others. [4]

In 2012 she was awarded a scholarship by the Creative Industries Career Fund for a residency at Varuna, The Writers' House at Katoomba. [5] She graduated from Queensland Institute of Technology with a Master of Philosophy in creative writing for her thesis, "According to our bond", subtitled "The poetics of share house place attachment in Brisbane". [6]

At the Queensland Literary Awards, Frost won a Queensland Writers Fellowship in 2017 [7] and the Young Publishers and Writers Award in 2020. [8] She received the 2018 Val Vallis Award for unpublished poetry and in 2023, with Benjamin Dodds, served as a judge for that award. [9]

Selected works

Poetry collections

Personal

Frost was born in New Zealand and moved with her parents to Australia then England, before returning to Australia at age 11. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bathers". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  2. ↑ "Rupert Bunny: Bathers 1906". QAGOMA . Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Winners of the John Marsden Prize announced". Books+Publishing. 2006-12-12. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  4. ↑ "Zenobia Frost". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  5. ↑ "Copyright Agency's Creative Industries Career Fund recipients announced". Books+Publishing. 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  6. ↑ Frost, Zenobia (2019). "According to Our Bond": The poetics of share house place attachment in Brisbane (PDF) (MA thesis). Queensland University of Technology.
  7. ↑ "Queensland Writers Fellowships, 'Griffith Review' Fellowships announced". Books+Publishing. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  8. ↑ "Queensland Literary Awards 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  9. ↑ "Queensland Poetry Festival Awards - The Val Vallis Award for Unpublished Poetry". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  10. ↑ Durbin, Kate (2021-02-20). "Moving Houses: A Conversation with Zenobia Frost". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
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