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Kevin Gillam Kevin Gillam i(A12128 works by)
Born: Established: 1963 Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Kevin Gillam has worked as a secondary school music teacher and a freelance cellist. Hehas been the Director of Music at Christ Church Grammar School in Perth. In the late 1990s he formed the independent Perth trio, Miteyko. He has an MA (Creative Writing) from Curtin University in Perth.

He was also one of the judges of the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2021 winner Tom Collins Poetry Prize for 'from here'.
2020 highly commended Tom Collins Poetry Prize for 'bleakness'.
2018 shortlisted Tom Collins Poetry Prize for 'Strands of Us'.

Awards for Works

Seven Dreams Round i "out, one mile out off Goode Beach", 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2016 2016; (p. 38-39)
2016 winner Katharine Susannah Prichard Award
And Still i "if we sleep. sleep forward. sleep back. back", 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Mozzie , August vol. 24 no. 6 2016; Creatrix , December no. 35 2016; Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 296)
2016 winner OOTA Spilt Ink Wrining Competition poetry
The Moon's Reminder i "prefer boat to ship – sounds rounder, safer –", 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Uneven Floor , April 2015; Award Winning Australian Writing 2015 2015; (p. 261)
2014 winner Sawtooth ARI Writing Prize
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