Gary Catalano

Summary

Gary Catalano (30 October 1947 – 8 December 2002) was an Australian poet and art critic.[1]

Gary Catalano
Born(1947-10-30)30 October 1947
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died8 December 2002(2002-12-08) (aged 55)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
  • Poet
  • art critic
NationalityAustralian
Notable awardsGrace Leven Prize for Poetry (1992)
Spouse
Helen Hewitt
(m. 1990)

Life edit

Calatano was born on 30 October 1947 in Brisbane.[1] He married writer Helen Hewitt in 1990.[2] He died on 8 December 2002 in Melbourne.[1]

Awards edit

Bibliography edit

Poetry edit

Collections edit

  • Remembering the Rural Life. University of Queensland Press. 1978. ISBN 978-0-7022-1309-0.
  • Heaven of Rags: Forty Poems, 1978-1981. Hale & Iremonger. 1982. ISBN 978-0-86806-021-7.
  • Slow Tennis. University of Queensland Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-7022-1775-3.
  • Fresh Linen, sixty prose poems, 1980-1986. University of Queensland Press. 1988. ISBN 978-0-7022-2114-9.
  • The Empire of Grass. University of Queensland Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-7022-2321-1.
  • Selected Poems 1973-1992. University of Queensland Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-7022-2542-0.
  • Household : eleven poems. Finlay Press. 1998.
  • Jigsaw. Paper Bark Press, Craftsman House. 1999. ISBN 978-0-9586482-5-7.
  • Light and Water. Finlay Press. 2002.
  • New and selected poems, 1973-2002. Brandl & Schlesinger. 2006. ISBN 978-1-876040-87-1.
  • Collected Prose Poems. Gazebo Books. 2021. ISBN 978-0-6451-0305-2.

List of poems edit

Title Year First published Reprinted/collected
The cupboard 1998 Catalano, Gary (July 1998). "The cupboard". Jacket. 4.
Sacred site 1998 Catalano, Gary (July 1998). "Sacred site". Jacket. 4.
Thoughts 1998 Catalano, Gary (July 1998). "Thoughts". Jacket. 4.
Translation 1995 Catalano, Gary (December 1995). "Translation". Quadrant. 39 (12): 61.
Creek 1995 Catalano, Gary (December 1995). "Creek". Quadrant. 39 (12): 61.

Short stories edit

  • The Woman Who Lives Here and Other Stories. Champion Books. 1983. ISBN 978-0-908483-05-1.

Non-fiction edit

  • The Years of Hope: Australian Art and Criticism, 1959-1968 1981
  • The Bandaged Image: a study of artists' books, 1983
  • An Intimate Australia: the landscape and recent Australian art, 1985
  • Catalano, Gary (December 1995). "Vivian Smith". Quadrant. 39 (12): 57–60.
  • Building a Picture: interviews with Australian artists, 1997
  • The Solitary Watcher: Rick Amor and his Art, 2001

Anthologies edit

  • Peter Porter, ed. (1998). The Oxford book of modern Australian verse. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-550706-5.
  • Martin Duwell; Bronwyn Lea, eds. (2003). "Arles". The Best Australian Poetry 2003. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-7022-3420-0.
  • Thomas W. Shapcott, ed. (1998). "The Great Museum". The moment made marvellous: a celebration of UQP poetry. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-7022-3012-7.
  • Cassandra Atherton; Paul Herrington, eds. (2020). Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 978-0-5228-7474-7.

References edit

  • [1] review by Gig Ryan, The Age, 31 January 2004
  1. ^ a b c "Gary Catalano | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories".
  2. ^ "Paper Bark Press: Authors: Gary Catalano". Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  • Obituary, The Age