Papers of Lauren Williams
MSS 159
Collection Title
Papers of Lauren WilliamsCollection Identifier
MSS 159Inclusive date(s)
1975 to 1993Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
The papers include correspondence, manuscript and typescript poetry drafts and proofs.
Administrative / Biographical history
Lauren Williams grew up in Melbourne, Victoria, attending Mt. Waverly High School. She became known as a performance poet in the late 1970's. In 1995 she was invited to read at the 5th Festival Internacional de Poesía en Medellín, Colombia. This inspired her to undertake a degree in Spanish language at La Trobe university. She has since read her own translations of her work in Madrid, Barcelona, Costa Rica, and Medellín, where she returned in 2002. Williams has been the poet-in-residence on Radio National's Arts Today program, and co-convenes the La Mama Poetica readings in Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria.
Williams was awarded:
Australia Council, New Work Grant, 2002
Launceston Poetry Cup, 1993: winner for 'One dick poem too many' FAW Anne Elder Poetry Award, 1991: second for Driven to talk to strangers.
References:
AustLit : https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1446
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The papers include correspondence, manuscript and typescript poetry drafts and proofs for The sad anthropologist, published by Five Islands Press, Wollongong, N.S.W., 1993 and Live sentences, Myron Lysenko ... [et al.], published by Penguin Books Australia, Ringwood, Vic., 1991.
System of arrangement
The collection has been arranged in box then folder order.
Access Restrictions
Other
The collection is available for research.Reproduction Restrictions
Existence and Location of Orginals
Disclaimer
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