Bronwyn Lea

Bronwyn Lea
Born
Launceston, Tasmania
Occupation(s)author, academic, editor
Known forPoetry
PartnerTerrance Montgomery
Websitebronwynlea.com

Bronwyn Lea is a contemporary Australian poet, academic and editor.

Biography

Born in Tasmania, Lea grew up in Queensland and Papua New Guinea, moving to San Diego to study at California State University.[1] She completed a PhD titled "The way into stone; To dwell in possibility: Social roles of the poet" at University of Queensland (UQ) in 2005[2] and as of 2021 is a full professor and head of the School of Communication and Arts at UQ.[3]

She was a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council from 2005 to 2008.[4]

She was Poetry Editor of Meanjin from 2006 to 2023.[5]

Lea appeared in two events at the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[6]

Published works

Poetry

  • The Deep North: A selection of poems (George Braziller, 2013)
  • The Other Way Out. (Giramondo Publishing, 2008)
  • The Wooden Cat and Other Poems. (Picaro P, 2003)
  • Flight Animals. (University of Queensland Press, 2001) ISBN 0-7022-3242-4


Series Editor (with Martin Duwell)

Awards

References

  1. ^ Bronwyn Lea Archived 17 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine (Asialink, University of Melbourne) Accessed: 24 December 2006
  2. ^ "The way into stone / by Bronwyn Lea ; To dwell in possibility : social roles of the poet / Bronwyn Lea". University of Queensland Library. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Professor Bronwyn Lea". University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  4. ^ Literature Board Members Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Australia Council) Accessed: 24 December 2006
  5. ^ "Announcing Jeanine Leane as Meanjin Poetry Editor". Meanjin. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Brisbane Writers' Festival 2017". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.