Eric Beach
Eric Beach | |
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| Born | 1947 |
| Died | 7 November 2024 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Poet |
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| Notable awards | 1996 The Age Book of the Year Poetry Prize, winner; 1996 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, co-winner |
Eric Beach (1947 – 7 November 2024),[1] was a New Zealand and Australian poet, playwright, and short story writer.
Born in New Zealand, Beach lived in Tasmania and in Victoria from 1972.[2] He was active in the Australian Performance Poetry scene, performing at workshops, readings and events around Australia.[3]
His publication Weeping for Lost Babylon won the 1996 Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize,[4] and was joint winner of the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.[5]
He lived in Minyip, Victoria in Australia.
Publications
[edit]- Henry Lawson Petfoods (Fragment Press, 1974) ISBN 0909275033
- Saint Kilda Meets Hugo Ball (Gargoyles Press, 1974) ISBN 0909354014
- In Occupied Territory (The Saturday Centre, 1977) ISBN 0909293260
- A Photo of Some People in a Football Stadium (Overland, 1978) ISBN 0959649506
- Hey Hey Brass Buttons (CACTI, 1990) (edited) ISBN 064602535X
- Weeping for Lost Babylon (HarperCollins, 1996)
- Red Heart My Country (Pardalote Press, 2000) ISBN 0646401610
References
[edit]- ↑ "Eric Beach". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ↑ Australian Poets and Their Works, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996
- ↑ http://www.thylazine.org/directory/directb/ Archived 5 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Thylazine Foundation: Arts, Ethics and Literature.
- ↑ ""Literary award for Astley"". The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 December 1996, p4. ProQuest 2527334841. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ ""Tales of antiquarian hunters collects top book award"". Sydney Morning Herald, 6 September 1996. ProQuest 363360979. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
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