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Mark Gliori Mark Gliori i(A6738 works by) (a.k.a. Marco Gliori)
Born: Established: 1963 Warwick, Warwick area, Darling Downs, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Mark Gliori grew up in Queensland and served in the Queensland Police Force for a number of years. He has been a performance poet, and has worked with The Naked Poets Comedy Troupe. He has published books of folk verse, and CD and audio recordings of his poetry.

Gliori received the Spirit of Matilda Poetry Award in 1995, to mark the centenary year of "Waltzing Matilda", and has won the Tamworth Country Music Festival Poetry Performance Award four times.

Gliori has been a poet-in-residence, has conducted poetry workshops, and has travelled extensively to remote areas of Australia, performing for both adults and children.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2020 winner The Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse for 'Fumbles'
2008 winner Australian Bush Laureate Awards — Album of the year for Cowpokes and Indians
2001 winner Australian Bush Laureate Awards — Single Recorded Performance of the Year for The Other Homebush Games
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Awards for Works

The Million Star Motel i "When the road is long and lonely and the sunset's far-off gaze", 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bronze Swagman Award : Celebrating 40 Years of Bush Verse 1972-2011 2011; (p. 147-148)
2011 runner-up The Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse
Swaggie (Spirit of Waltzing Matilda) i "A swaggie's haunting, waltzing down a dimlit city street", 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 April 1995; (p. 12) Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 5 1998; (p. 41)
1995 winner Spirit of Waltzing Matilda Poetry Competition — Open Section
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