Papers of Mark O'Connor
MSS 003
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Papers of Mark O'ConnorCollection Identifier
MSS 003Inclusive date(s)
1972 to 1994Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
The collection comprises literary papers and related material written or collected by Mark O'Connor.
Administrative / Biographical history
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_O%27Connor_(poet)
Mark Kevin O'Connor was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 19 March 1945. He was educated at Xavier College, Melbourne before beginning his university studies at the University of Melbourne. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree with first-class honours in English and Classics in 1965.
O'Connor is one of Australia's best-known environmental poets. He has taught English literature and been Writer-in-residence at various Australian universities and colleges. His first book of poetry was inspired by the Great Barrier Reef and he was later commissioned to write poetry on the high country for the New South Wales National Parks Service. He has received numerous grants and fellowships to support his writing. In 1977 he was awarded a Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship to spend two years living and writing in the Mediterranean region.
Mark O'Connor has received the following awards and nominations for his work:
ACT Literary Award, 1993: winner FAW John Shaw Neilson Poetry Award, 1990: third for Dot paintings
FAW C J Dennis Literary Award for Natural History, 1990: highly commended for The great forest
Northern Territory Literary Awards, Bill Harney Bicentennial Poetry Prize, 1988: highly commended for Bamboo Creek
Tom Collins Poetry Prize, 1982: joint winner for Naxos Beach
European Branch of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies Short Story Competition, ca.1979: winner for The black cabaret
Artlook/Shell Literary Award, 1977: second for The Batavia wreck.
References:
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/2000/Z2000-Sep-11/http://users.actweb...
AustLit Australian Literature Gateway database, July 2004
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The papers of Mark O'Connor include correspondence, literary works, photographs and audio visual material. The collection also includes material concerning O'Connor's involvement with Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population, and with his engagement in debates concerning Australian arts funding.
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy
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Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
Further papers of Mark O'Connor are held by the National Library of Australia in the Papers of Mark O'Connor at MS 7744.
Disclaimer
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.