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Jennifer Rankin (born Jennifer Mary Haynes) (18 November 1941 – 8 December 1979) was a 20th-century Australian poet and playwright.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Rankin was born in and grew up in Sydney and went to Ravenswood Methodist School. She then studied English and Psychology at University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1962.[4] She later completed a Diploma of Education at UNE in 1968. She worked mainly in education in Australia and England.

Writing

Her first surviving poems date from 1969, her first play, untitled, from 1973. Some of her plays, there are eight in all, were produced for stage and radio during her lifetime. She received an Australia Council Senior Literary Fellowship in 1978 and had two books of poems published, the first, Ritual Shift was published in 1976. Her Collected Poems was edited posthumously by Judith Rodriguez and published in 1990.[5][6][7]

Works

Bibliography

  • Art workshop. (1974)
  • Ritual Shift. (1976)
  • Earth hold. (1978)[8][9]
  • The mud hut. (1979)[10]
  • Jennifer Rankin: Collected Poems. Ed. Judith Rodriguez (1990)[11]

Plays

  • Bees (1974)[12][13]
  • Razorback Mountain journey (1976)
  • Night spaces
  • Surfaces
  • I heard the door close
  • A steady face
  • Catwalk
  • The darling's been done

Personal life and legacy

She was first married to John Roberts, having a son in 1965. After separating in 1966, she lived for a time with writer Frank Moorhouse. In 1969, she married painter David Rankin. She died from cancer in 1979. Her daughter with Rankin, Jessica, later became an artist.[14][15][16] Jennifer Franklin Lane in Canberra is named in her honour.[17][18]

References

  1. ^ "APRIL - Jennifer Rankin Contents page". Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Rankin". Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100404170. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. ^ Cassidy, Bonny. "Pre-thought: Jennifer Rankin's Littoral Topography". Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. 18 (3). Oxford University Press: 511–526. JSTOR 44087004 – via JSTOR.
  4. ^ Rankin, Jennifer (September 1976). "Jennifer Rankin's Bees" (PDF). Theatre Australia. p. 24. Retrieved 4 November 2021 – via COnnecting REpositories and University of Wollongong.
  5. ^ "Jennifer Rankin: A poet of significance". Saturday Magazine. The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, , no. 20, 203. Australian Capital Territory. 4 August 1990. p. 8. Retrieved 3 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  6. ^ Gray, Robert (19 June 1976). "Showing feeling for sound". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 17. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  7. ^ Simpson, R. A. (9 June 1979). "Wedding poets to the visual". The Age. p. 25. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  8. ^ Harrison, Martin (2 June 1979). "Holding the elements". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 19. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  9. ^ Curry, Neil (1979). "[Review of Earth Hold by Jennifer J. Rankin, John Olsen]". Ambit (78): 68–69. JSTOR 44332381 – via JSTOR.
  10. ^ Atwood, Margaret; Rankin, Jennifer (1979). "From the Mud Hut". The North American Review. 264. University of Northern Iowa: 9–17. JSTOR 25125686 – via JSTOR.
  11. ^ Strauss, Jennifer (22 September 1990). "Memories stitched together skilfully". The Age. p. 171. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  12. ^ Costantino, Romola (19 July 1976). "'Oink' go pigs, no 'buzz' in Bees". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 7. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  13. ^ Adam, Victoria (4 August 1976). "Review - Bees". Sydney Tribune.
  14. ^ Austlit. "Jennifer Rankin". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 1 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Jennifer Rankin, poet". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 December 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  16. ^ Purcell, Andrew (15 July 2016). "Artist Jessica Rankin's new show charts the search for her mother's grave". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Public Place Names (Franklin) Determination 2007 (No 3)". ACT Government. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  18. ^ "What's in a name?". The Canberra Times. 1 April 2011. p. 2.


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