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Libby Hart Libby Hart i(A23451 works by) (a.k.a. Elizabeth Hart)
Born: Established: 1971 ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Libby Hart is a poet and an illustrator. Her work has been published in Australia and overseas.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2017 shortlisted Blake Poetry Prize for Agatha
2017 highly commended Blake Poetry Prize for The Engine Room
2012 Glenfern Fellowships

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Wild World Square : Pitt Street Poetry , 2014 7186836 2014 selected work poetry

'Wild is a collection of short, precise and often minimal poems. Part One takes as its focus the Scandinavian tale of Huginn (Thought) and Muninn (Memory), a pair of ravens with the power of speech, who are said to travel the world to gather information for the Norse god, Odin. This sequence of poems is a playful and eclectic weaving together of personal, imaginary and traditional myth.

'Part Two (Murmurations) centres on animal and human migration, beginning with a sequence of poems about starlings, principally the migrant starlings that descend on Rome each autumn and winter. Poems that link swarms, exodus, arrival, home, exile, elegy, trees, nest building, mythology, augury, local folklore, and associations between sky, sea and land are also included.

'Wild evokes notions of wonder and wander, landscapes and affiliations, myths and talismans, as well as mystery and celebration. The collection also addresses and ruminates on our ties to, and experience with, the world around us. ' (Author's summary)

2015 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
Aftertaste i "In the small hours", 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Red River Review , May 2012;
2011 won Two Fires Poetry Competition
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