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Caroline Reid Caroline Reid i(A71812 works by)
Born: Established: Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

'Caroline Reid began writing for the theatre at Curtin University, where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992. Since then she has been commissioned to write plays for a number of professional theatre companies and community arts organisations. She has tackled themes which are richly relevant, contemporary, and challenging - including youth suicide (in Prayer to an Iron God), living with mental illness in Hysteria, youth drug and alcohol abuse in Grip, and Multiple Sclerosis.'

Source: Currency Press website, http://www.currency.com.au/
Sighted: 12/05/2010

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2020 second place Tom Collins Poetry Prize for 'Devour'.
2014 longlisted The Joanne Burns Award For 'One Blue Eye'
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Awards for Works

Rhyming Poem i "Not all poems rhyme.", 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 167 2023; (p. 10)
2022-2023 highly commended Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize
A Ceremony to Commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II i "In glorious southern heat she wears cotton gloves,", 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW , no. 20 2009; (p. 121)
2009 shortlisted The Booranga Prize — The Booranga Prize for Poetry
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