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y separately published work icon Late Journals single work   autobiography  
  • Author:agent Antigone Kefala http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/kefala-antigone
Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 Late Journals
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'The final work by Antigone Kefala, renowned for both her poetry and her prose, one of the first writers to open Australian literature to a diversity of voices, and one of the most distinctive and powerful of those voices.

'Late Journals completes a trilogy of works in which Kefala develops and expands her range as a memoirist, beginning with Summer Visit (2003), and followed by Sydney Journals (2008), both published by Giramondo. Kefala is not alone in writing in the journal form – Beverley Farmer and Helen Garner are notable contemporaries – but she is remarkable for the poetic resonance and intellectual significance she imparts to her observations. Feeling acutely her position as an outsider, because of her migrant background, she nevertheless expresses a strong sense of community with the writers, artists and thinkers who share her situation, or have influenced her work. The journals abound in portraits and tributes, reflections on art and life, and wonderful descriptions of places and landscapes, which give full reign to her imagination, and her ability to express the vitality and strangeness of the life around her.'  (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Artarmon, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Giramondo Publishing , 2022 .
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      Extent: 176p.
      Note/s:
      • Published April 2022
      ISBN: 9781925818970

Works about this Work

Antigone Kefala : Late Journals Brooke Boland , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 May 2022;

— Review of Late Journals Antigone Kefala , 2022 single work autobiography

'Antigone Kefala, 86, is both a poet and prose writer. She was born in Romania and relocated to Australia in 1959 after living in Greece and New Zealand. Late Journals is the final in a trilogy that began with Summer Visit (2003), followed by Sydney Journals (2008), all three published by Giramondo Publishing.'

Antigone Kefala : Late Journals Brooke Boland , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 May 2022;

— Review of Late Journals Antigone Kefala , 2022 single work autobiography

'Antigone Kefala, 86, is both a poet and prose writer. She was born in Romania and relocated to Australia in 1959 after living in Greece and New Zealand. Late Journals is the final in a trilogy that began with Summer Visit (2003), followed by Sydney Journals (2008), all three published by Giramondo Publishing.'

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