Kathy Kituai (344 works by) (a.k.a. K. Kituai; Kathy Kitaui )
Born: Established: Western Australia ;
Gender: Female
Aka (Kathy Kitaui) source: Muse, no.206 May 2001, p.21.AGT 14/4/05 Aka (K. Kituai) source: LibAus and WorldCat.AGT 22/4/05 Merged agent record for Cathy Kituai (ed), Poetry, 1981 - checked this publication and confirmed erroneous spelling of christian name. Does not qualify as an AKA. AGT 20/4/05 ADFA Personality files checked. TW

BiographyHistory

In 1980 Kathy Kituai moved from Adelaide to Papua New Guinea. After living in Port Moresby for four years she returned to Australia in 1984 and settled in Canberra. Kituai has since become 'well-known' for her contribution to community writing projects in the ACT region. She has been vice-president of the ACT Fellowship of Australian Writers, facilitated writing workshops, scripted a radio documentary and (co-)edited several anthologies. Maintaining her 'passion for poetry', Katuai has won a number of awards for her writing.

In 2009 Kituai received Arts ACT funding for a residency in Lochinvar, Scotland, to produce a collaborative work with Scottish potter, Fergus Stewart.

Awards for Works

Straggling into Winter : A Tanka Journal , 2007 poetry selected work
2007 highly commended IP Picks Award Best Poetry
Head Bowed Just So to the East , 2006 poetry single work
2006 shortlisted The Broadway Poetry Prize
Imagine , 2005 poetry single work
2005 highly commended Australian Capital Territory Poetry Award — David Campbell Award for an Unpublished Poem by an ACT Poet
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