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Tatjana Lukic Tatjana Lukic i(A75340 works by)
Born: Established: 25 Aug 1959
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Croatia,
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Ex Yugoslavia,
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Eastern Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 10 Aug 2008 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1992
Heritage: Yugoslavian
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BiographyHistory

Born in Croatia in the former Yugoslavia, Tatjana Lukic gained degrees in philosophy and sociology from Sarajevo University. She published four collections of poetry in the former Yugoslavia, winning national awards. During the wars in Croatia and Bosnia in the early 1990s, Lukic and her family became refugees. They came to Australia in 1992 and settled in Canberra where Lukic worked as a researcher and data analyst for various government departments.

Lukic's poems in English were published in Australia and internationally.

Major source: La, La, La (2009)

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y separately published work icon La, La, La Parkville : Five Islands Press , 2009 Z1587859 2009 selected work poetry

From losing so much in her war torn home, Osijek, to locating new senses of self and context in Canberra, 'yes, I remember everything' says the poet. Traversing from 'there' to 'here' to 'anywhere', la, la, la is a collection of dialogues between present and past. Lukic's is a disarming poetics that wonders and then meditates meaning as she moves between her shifting worlds. (Publisher's blurb)
2009 winner Canberra Critics Circle Awards — Posthumous Award for Poetry For her book, 'La La, La', her first poetry collection in English, which has a strong sense of the poet's personality and her resilience under the threat of political violence and personal stresses.
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