Antigone Kefala
Antigone Kefala (28 May 1931 – 3 December 2022)
Life
Born in
Her work, written in
In 2009, Antigone Kefala: A Writer’s Journey, an anthology of reviews, essays and analytical writing of Kefala's works edited by Professor Vrasidas Karalis and Helen Nickas was published by Owl Publishing.[8] In 2021, a collection of essays on her prose and poetry titled Antigone Kefala: New Australian Modernities, edited by Elizabeth McMahon and Brigitta Olubas, was published by UWA Publishing.
In November 2022, Kefala won the Patrick White Award.[9] A week later, she died on 3 December 2022, at the age of 91.[4]
Works
Poetry
- The Alien (Makar Press: 1973)
- Thirsty Weather (Outback: 1978)
- European Notebook (Hale & Iremonger: 1988)
- Absence: New and selected poems (Sydney, Hale & Iremonger: 1992, 2nd ed. 1998)
- Poems: A selection (Melbourne, Owl Publishing: 2000)
- Fragments, Artarmon, N.S.W. ISBN 978-1-925336-19-1
Prose fiction
- The First Journey (Wild & Woolley: 1975)
- The Island (Hale & Iremonger: 1984)
- Sunday Morning in The Oxford book of Australian Short Stories selected by Michael Wilding (Melbourne : Oxford University Press: 1994)
- Summer Visit: Three Novellas (Giramondo Publishing: 2003)
- Sydney Journals (Giramondo Publishing: 2008) ISBN 978-1-920882-41-9
- Max: The Confessions of a Cat (Owl Publishing: 2009)
Awards and recognition
- 2017 Queensland Literary Awards – State Library of Queensland Poetry Collection – Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Fragments[10]
- 2022 Patrick White Award – winner[11]
References
- ^ "Antigone Kefala: Death Notice". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Antigone Kefala". Australian Poetry Library. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Winners and Finalists". Queensland Literary Awards. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Antigone Kefala obituary".
- ^ "Antigone Kefala: A writer's journey". Owl Publishing. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ Page, Geoff (25 February 2017). "Fragments and A House by the River review: Poetry of encounters and memories". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ Adelaide, Debra (1988) Australian Women Writers: A bibliographic guide, London, Pandora.
- ^ Evdokia, Fourkioti. "Book Launch in Melbourne Antigone Kefala: A Writer's Journey". Greek Reporter Australia. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Minimalist poet Antigone Kefala wins the Patrick White Award for her contribution to Australian literature". University of New South Wales. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Winners of prestigious Queensland Literary Awards announced". Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "Kefala wins 2022 Patrick White Award". Books+Publishing. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
External links
- Antigone Kefala on Australian Poetry Library
- 3 poems with German translations in Gangway #1
- "Journal II" prose poem in Gangway #18
- "Alexia: Antigone Kefala's overdue fairytale" by Michael Tsianikas