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Petra White is an Australian poet. Petra was born in Adelaide in 1975, the eldest of six children, and now lives in Melbourne, where she works as a public servant. Her first published collection of poetry, The Incoming Tide (John Leonard Press 2007), was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards and the ACT Poetry Prize. In 2011, five of Petra White's poems were selected for inclusion in the landmark anthology of Australian Poetry, ''Australian Poetry Since 1788''. The poems selected are ''Ricketts Point'', ''Voyage'', ''Woman and Dog'', ''Older Sister'' and ''Notes for the Time Being''. ==Biography== Petra White grew up in Adelaide. She studied English and German literature at the University of Melbourne, completing a BA with honours. In 2002 she studied at Essen University and travelled widely in Europe. In 2008 she was Fellow of Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers, completing a five-week residency. In 2012, Petra White and Paul Hetherington took Australian poetry to Ireland with Australian Poetry Limited's first international tour. Petra conducted readings and workshops at many venues throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland including the Bealtaine Festival in Dublin, Laurel Villa in Magherafelt and Writers' Week at Listowel. Petra's second collection, The Simplified World, published in 2010, was the joint winner of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry. Her work has appeared in the anthology Take Five (Shoestring Press 2008, UK), The Age, Melbourne, and other anthologies and periodicals. A third major collection, A Hunger, was published by John Leonard Press in 2014. This publication includes Petra's previous collections, in which slight changes have been made to a small number of poems. Petra White is a founding co-editor of the So Long Bulletin, a blog on Australian poetry and criticism.〔(So Long Bulletin )〕 She was the judge for the Reason-Brisbane Poetry Prize in 2011.〔(Reason-Brisbane Poetry Prize )〕 Petra White holds a Master's degree in Public Policy and Management from the University of Melbourne. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Petra White」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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