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Revision as of 07:10, 19 June 2010
Samuel Wagan Watson | |
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| Born | 1972 |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Parent | Sam Watson |
Samuel Wagan Watson (born 1972) is a contemporary Indigenous Australian poet.
Samuel Wagan Watson was born in Brisbane, his family is Irish, German, Bundjalung and Birri Gubba. His poetry ranges from observation of everyday experience to the effects of colonisation in a vividly direct, almost tactile, language.
In the late 1990s the Brisbane City Council set up a project to raise awareness of the Boondall Wetlands. The project was set up to bring together historians, poets, photographers, environmentalists and designers and show the cultural history of the Wetlands, both the local indigneous history and the experiences of European settlers.[1] Samuel Watson was invited to this project, with the poets Brett Dionysius and Liz Hall-Downs, and in 2000 an audio CD was produced of their work, called Blackfellas Whitefellas Wetlands. The very different voices and focus of the three poets worked together to create a sense or place and of history.[2]
When asked in interview who had influenced him, Samuel Watson recognised the influence of his parents, and listed also, "Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski and Robert Adamson".[3]
Samuel Wagan Watson's father is the novelist and political activist, Sam Watson.
Awards and nominations
- 1999 - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Indigenous Writers for Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight
- 2005 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry Book of the Year for Smoke Encrypted Whispers
Samuel Watson has also received a Highly Commended in both the Anne Elder Awards and the 2000 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Australian Culture.[citation needed]
Bibliography
Books
- Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight. (UQP, 1999) ISBN 0-7022-3174-6
- Itinerant Blues. (UQP, 2002) ISBN 0-7022-3282-3 reviewed
- Hotel Bone (Vagabone Press, 2001)
- Smoke Encrypted Whispers. (UQP, 2004) ISBN 0-7022-3471-0 review
- Three legged dogs, and other poems. (Picaro Press, 2005) OCLC: 69249268
Articles and Other Publications
- "Cold Storage". The Literary Review. 45 (no. 1): 108. 2001. ISSN: 0024-4589.
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- "Recipe for Metropolis Brisbane" ([dead link] – Scholar search). Southerly. 62 (No. 2). June 2002.
{{cite journal}}:|issue=has extra text (help); External link in|format= - "Boondall Wetlands, ... falling mother sky: A Collection of Poetry". Brisbane City Council, Brisbane Stories. 1996.
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Other Media
- Watson, Samuel Wagan (2000). "Blackfellas Whitefellas Wetlands". CD. unknown.
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External links
- Review of Smoke at Australian Humanities Review
- Messagestick Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Online Review July 4, 2007
- ABC Queensland review by radio presenters Steve Austin & Hilary Beaton
- Brisbane Stories 1996-2005 Artists in Boondall Wetlands - 2002
Notes
- ^ "Brisbane City Council: Blackfellas Whitefellas Wetlands". July 4, 2007.
- ^ "The Cortland Review by David Kennedy". Spring 2002.
- ^ "Booked Out Speaker's Agency". July 4, 2007.