Peter Boyle (poet)

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Peter Boyle
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Occupation
  • Poet
  • translator
Notable worksGhostspeaking
Notable awards
  • Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (1995), (2017), (2020)
  • Judith Wright Calantha Prize for Poetry (2010)

Peter Boyle (born 1951 in Melbourne, Australia), is an Australian poet and translator.[1]

He has published more than a dozen collections of poetry, including The Blue Cloud of Crying and Coming Home From the World. Boyle has also published translations of Federico García Lorca, Luis Cernuda, Eugenio Montejo, César Vallejo, Pierre Reverdy, and others.[1]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Ideas of Travel, Vagabond Press, 2022.
  • Notes Towards the Dreambook of Endings, Vagabond Press, 2021.
  • Enfolded in the Wings of a Great Darkness, Vagabond Press, 2019.
  • Ghostspeaking, Vagabond Press, 2016.
  • Towns in the Great Desert, Puncher & Wattmann, 2013
  • How Does a Man Who Is Dead Reinvent His Body? : The Belated Love Poems of Thean Morris Caelli, Exeter, Devon (County), England : Shearsman Books, 2008.
  • The Transformation Boat 2008, River Road Press.
  • Reading Borges and Other Poems 2007, Picaro Press.
  • Museum of Space, University of Queensland Press, 2004.
  • November in Madrid and Other Poems, 2001.
  • What the Painter Saw In Our Faces, Five Island Press, 2001.
  • The Blue Cloud of Crying, 1997, Hale and Iremonger
  • Coming Home from the World, Five Islands Press, 1994.

As translator:

  • Carece de causa/No Known Cause by José Kozer, Rialta Ediciones, Mexico, 2020.
  • Indole/Of Such A Nature by José Kozer, University of Alabama Press, 2018
  • Jasmine for Clementina Médici by Marosa Di Giorgio, Vagabond Press, 2017
  • Three poets: Poems by Olga Orozco, Marosa Di Giorgio and Jorge Palma, Vagabond Press, 2017
  • Tokonoma by José Kozer, Shearsman Press, 2014.
  • Anima by José Kozer. Shearsman, 2011.
  • The Trees: Selected Poems by Eugenio Montejo, Salt Publishing, 2004.

'*'I am going to speak of hope: selected poems by César Vallejo, 1999, Peruvian Consulate Sydney, Southwood Press.

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Peter Boyle". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Queensland Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. ^ Evans, Kate Evans (26 April 2020). "Novel celebrating Wiradjuri language wins Book of the Year at major literary awards". ABC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. ^ Harmon, Steph (22 May 2017). "'Brave, ruthless and utterly compelling': Leah Purcell wins big at NSW premier's literary awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  6. ^ "ALS Gold Medal 2017 shortlist announced". Books + Publishing. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  7. ^ "2010 ALS Gold Medal shortlist announced; Haskell, Bird receive A A Phillips Award". Books+Publishing. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Previous winners | About Queensland and its government | Queensland Government". www.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.


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