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Gary Catalano Gary Catalano i(A50345 works by) (a.k.a. Gary Alfred Catalano)
Born: Established: 30 Oct 1947 Brisbane, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 8 Dec 2002 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 The Building i "Because of its gloomy appearance the building is like a defeated army, and", Gary Catalano , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 440 2022; (p. 48)
1 1 y separately published work icon Collected Prose Poems Gary Catalano , Elizabeth Bay : Life Before Man , 2021 23066084 2021 collected work poetry prose

'Gary Catalano was an important Australian poet. His talent was exquisitely refined, both in his subtle verse and in the prose poetry which he took to a higher pitch of excellence than any other Australian has attained.' — Les Murray

'The recent decade has witnessed a rapid rise in the number of Australian poets turning their hand to the prose poem. It is timely then to be reminded of the formidable oeuvre of our finest exponent of the form. The body of prose poetry Gary Catalano produced between 1980 and his death in 2002, now collected in a single volume for the first time, remains unsurpassed in our literature.'

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1 Madrid i "After a whole day", Gary Catalano , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Quadrant Book of Poetry 2001-2010 2012; (p. 30)
1 Theatre i "We really couldn't believe it at first. After making our way through", Gary Catalano , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Indigo Book of Australian Prose Poems 2011; (p. 117)
1 Au Naturel i "The French are truly schizophrenic when it comes to nature.", Gary Catalano , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Indigo Book of Australian Prose Poems 2011; (p. 79)
1 Sierra Morena i "On the train trip south", Gary Catalano , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The King of Clarity and Other Poems 2010; (p. 14)
1 Evocation (after Sacré-Coeur) i "Even to pinpoint the place", Gary Catalano , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The King of Clarity and Other Poems 2010; (p. 13)
1 To Quote Verlaine i "I've read somewhere that in 1991, onher second visit", Gary Catalano , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The King of Clarity and Other Poems 2010; (p. 12)
1 Water Music i "For just one moment", Gary Catalano , 2010 extract poetry (Water Music)
— Appears in: The King of Clarity and Other Poems 2010; (p. 10)
1 y separately published work icon The King of Clarity and Other Poems Gary Catalano , Warners Bay : Picaro Press , 2010 Z1841475 2010 selected work poetry
1 2 y separately published work icon New and Selected Poems 1973-2002 Gary Catalano , Charnwood : Indigo , 2007 Z1463444 2007 selected work poetry
1 Envoi for a Book of Poems i "Let us honour the memory", Gary Catalano , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 38)
1 Les Murray's Ark Gary Catalano , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 62 no. 1 2003; (p. 10-18)
Catalano examines the imaginitive elaboration and central importance of the home as a place of refuge in Murray's poetry. He concludes that 'in order for it to be a true refuge, it must in some way acknowledge the infinite variety of the world. There is, in short, a sense in which it must be an ark.' (p.18)
1 The Secret Life i "Of what does he dream, this clochard sprawled in the square", Gary Catalano , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 191)
1 Collage i "Out of these bits of aluminium foil I can make a silk castle,", Gary Catalano , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 191)
1 3 y separately published work icon Light and Water : Forty Prose Poems 1980-1999 Gary Catalano , Braidwood : Finlay Press , 2002 Z1037150 2002 selected work poetry
1 Arles i "Half the charm of visiting", Gary Catalano , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Age , 14 December 2002; (p. 9) The Best Australian Poetry 2003 2003; (p. 14-15)
1 Medieval i "As we walk down a gravel pathway lined with stone sarcophagi,", Gary Catalano , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 90 2002; (p. 65)
1 Poet in a Landscape : Some Reflections on Shaw Neilson Gary Catalano , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 46 no. 10 2002; (p. 61-65)
1 Bastille Day i "Steel grey clouds settle", Gary Catalano , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 April 2002; (p. 10)
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