Judith Rodriguez

Judith Rodriguez AM
Born Judith Catherine Green
(1936-02-13) 13 February 1936
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation Poet, Academic (semi-retired)
Nationality Australian
Notable awards 1994: Christopher Brennan Award
Spouse Fabio Rodriguez
Tom Shapcott

Judith Catherine Rodriguez AM (born 13 February 1936) is a contemporary Australian poet.

Life

Rodriguez was born Judith Catherine Green in Perth and grew up in Brisbane. She was educated at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, and graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts. She then travelled to England, where she received a Master of Arts from Cambridge University in 1965, where she met her first husband, Colombian Fabio Rodriguez.[1]

She has published numerous volumes of poetry, some illustrated by her own woodcuts, edited an anthology and the collected poems of Jennifer Rankin. From 1979 to 1982, she was poetry editor for the literary journal Meanjin, and from 1988 to 1997 she was a poetry editor with the publisher Penguin Australia. The play Poor Johanna, co-written with Robyn Archer, was produced in 1994 and her libretto for Moya Henderson's opera Lindy, about the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance, was performed at the Sydney Opera House in 2002.[2] She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award and taught at La Trobe University (1969–1985) and Deakin University (1998–2003).

Works

Poetry

Plays

Edited

References

  1. Judith Rodriguez, AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource.
  2. "Lindy". Opera Australia. 2002. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-10-14.

External links

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