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Papers of Craig Powell
MSS 152

Collection Title

Papers of Craig Powell

Collection Identifier

MSS 152

Inclusive date(s)

1966 to 1990

Extent and Medium

1 box, 2 folders

Category

Literature

Collection Description

This collection comprises personal correspondence between Powell and some notable Australian poets, from the 1960s to 1990.

Administrative / Biographical history

(John) Craig Powell was born on 16 November 1940 in Wollongong, NSW. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Sydney in 1964 and from the New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry in 1970. He later went on to run a private psychotherapy practice in Sydney. He spent the years between 1972 and 1982 residing in Canada.

Powell contributed lyrics to a musical score by Moya Henderson, Nembutal Rock (1974). As well as the awards listed on AustLit, Powell won the Quarterly Review of Literature 45th Anniversary International Poetry Competition in 1989.

Powell has been awarded:
Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry, 2003: shortlisted
Quarterly Review of Literature 45th Anniversary International Poetry Competition in 1989
Mattara Poetry Prize, 1983: winner for 'Five pieces for a homecoming'
Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival of Arts Award, Verse, 1969: winner for 'Tree and river bank'
Poetry Australia Prize, 1964: winner for 'Four portraits'.

References:
AustLit : The Resource for Australian Literature, March 2007.

Acquisition Details

The collection was acquired from Craig Powell in 1991.

Scope and Content

The Craig Powell Papers feature a small selection of personal correspondence between Powell and some notable Australian poets, from the 1960s to 1990. Correspondents include Michael Dransfield, Peter Kocan, Les Murray, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Thomas Shapcott, Francis Webb and Judith Wright. Draft poetry sent to Powell is also included in the papers, as well as commentary about the contemporary Australian literary scene.

System of arrangement

Special Collections staff has imposed the series arrangement of this collection to describe and preserve context and relationships.

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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.

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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