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Papers of Michael Sharkey
MSS 043

Collection Title

Papers of Michael Sharkey

Collection Identifier

MSS 043

Inclusive date(s)

1974 to 1988

Extent and Medium

4 boxes + 1 oversize

Category

Literature

Subject: Person(s)

Collection Description

Literary papers, including drafts of poetry and interviews, correspondence, and other papers.

Administrative / Biographical history

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sharkey

Michael Sharkey is an Australian poet, writer and editor. He received his BA from the University of Sydney (1972) and a PhD on Lord Byron from the University of Auckland (1976), before going on to lecture in literature at a range of universities, including Sydney University (1972 - 1973) and Bond University (1989-1990). Most recently, he was Associate Professor at the University of New England from 1992-2010.

He has written prolifically, with over 700 publications to his name, including Woodcuts (1978), Alive in Difficult Times (1991), The Sweeping Plain (2007). He has contributed to the Australian Dictionary of Biography and written essays published in a wide range of academic and other publications.

In 1979, he established the Fat Possum Press in Armidale with Winifred Belmont in order to publish the work of writers in New England and other rural areas. He edited Kangaroo, the literary supplement to the New England student magazine Neucleus, 1979-1982. Sharkey has also been the editor for Ulitarra (1996-2000) and Australian Poetry Journal (2014-2016).

Sharkey has received a number of awards for poetry, including being joint winner of the Overland Competition in 1986 for 'The Bullocky to His Creator' and joint winner of the Grace Leven Poetry Prize in 2012 for Another Fine Morning in Paradise.

References:
Author record, Michael Sharkey, AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), St Lucia: The University of Queensland, 2002-. [Retrieved from https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A14914 16/01/2019].

Acquisition Details

The collection was acquired from Michael Sharkey in five consignments.

Scope and Content

A collection of literary papers of Michael Sharkey, created between 1975 and 1988. The collection mostly consists of Sharkey's correspondence, including with publishers. The collection also includes drafts and a transcript of Sharkey's interview with Shelton Lea, published in Southerly in 1989.

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: Open Access

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.

Copying: No copying is approved.

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

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.

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