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Jennifer Harrison Jennifer Harrison i(A34391 works by)
Born: Established: 1955 Liverpool, Merseyside,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Jennifer Harrison completed her medical degree in 1979 and her psychiatrist training in 1990. She then went on to practise as a psychiatrist. She has lived for some time in the United States and New Zealand, and has travelled in the Himalayas. In 2004 she was awarded the Martha Richardson Poetry Medal.

Most Referenced Works

On the Web

Australian Poetry Library logo Australian Poetry Library Author Entry

Personal Awards

2022 shortlisted Blake Poetry Prize for 'I Will Never'.
2021 runner up Ada Cambridge Writing Prizes — Poetry for 'Hawaiian Spangle'.
2020 shortlisted Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition — Poetry Ribonucleic Acid and Faust
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Awards for Works

Local Astronomy i "We have our own dieback", 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 36 2022; (p. 120-121)
2022 highly commended Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize
Garawan i "from the worlds pattern of shapes you have chosen", 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015; Meanjin , Spring vol. 74 no. 3 2015; (p. 110)
2019 shortlisted Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition
Grand Final i "Dirty silver rain has been falling all day", 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blake Prize 2007;
2013 shortlisted Blake Poetry Prize
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