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JudithBeveridgewasborninLondon,England,in1956,andmigratedwithherfamilytoAustraliain

1960.ShegrewupandwenttoschoolinthewesternsuburbsofSydney,laterattendingtheUniversity
ofTechnology,Sydney.Havingdecidedwhensheleftschooltodedicateherselftowritingpoetry,she
tookparttimejobsinofficesandlibrariesinordertoallowherselftimetowrite.HerfirstbookThe
DomesticityofGiraffes(1987)wasatremendoussuccess,winningtheDameMaryGilmoreAward,the
NewSouthWalesPremiersAwardandtheVictorianPremiersAwardin1988.HerfourthbookWolf
Notes(2004)wontheVictorianPremiersAwardandtheAgeBookoftheYearAwardforpoetry.
BeveridgehastaughtcreativewritingattheUniversityofTechnology,Sydney,theUniversityof
Newcastle,andtheUniversityofSydney,aswellasatadultcolleges.Shecoeditedthepoetry
anthologyAParachuteofBlue(1995)andhasalsoworkedonthepoetrymagazinesHoboand
Kalimat.ShehasbeenamemberofLiteratureBoardoftheAustraliaCouncil,andin2005became
poetryeditoroftheliteraryjournalMeanjin.

http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/beveridge-judith

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