Katherine Gallagher

This article is about the Australian poet. For the Australian politician, see Katy Gallagher.

Katherine Gallagher (born 7 September 1935) is an Australian poet resident in London.^[1][2][3][4] Translations of her poems have appeared in French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Romanian and Serbo-Croat.^[5] Gallagher translated from French to English Jean-Jacques Celly's poems in The Sleepwalker with Eyes of Clay.^[6]

Katherine Gallagher
2010, London
Born	(1935-09-07) 7 September 1935 (age 89) Maldon, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Poet
Website
www.katherine-gallagher.com

Awards

• 1978, Australian Literature Board Fellowship.^[4]
• 1981, Brisbane Warana Prize.^[4]
• 1986, nomination of "Passengers to the City" for the John Bray National Poetry Award.
• 2000, Royal Literary Fund award.^[7]
• 2008, London Society of Authors' Foundation award.^[7]

Career

• Writer in Residence at Railway Fields Nature Reserve, Harringay, in 2002.
• Writers Inc/Blue Nose Poets' Education Officer until 2008. In 2004/2005 this included coordinating the Young Writer's Mentorship Project funded by the Arts Council.
• Poet in Residence for Havering Council's third annual Parks and Arts Healthy Lifestyle Walk in Hornchurch Country Park on 17 July 2006.
• Founder of the Poetry Society Stanza Group (London North), started in March 2007.

See also

• Poetry portal

• South Australian Premier's Awards