Gary Catalano
Gary Catalano (30 October 1947 – 8 December 2002) was an Australian poet and art critic.[1]
Life
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]
Assessment
Gary Catalano makes the most ordinary sights and sounds extraordinary. In "Wholemeal Loaf," he compares "even the lightest loaf" to "a lump of masonry from a demolition site."[3]
Awards
- 1992 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry (with Kevin Hart)
- 1997 Australia Council's Keesing Studio in Paris residency
- 2002 Harold White Fellowship from the National Library in Canberra
Bibliography
Collections
- 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.
List of poems
| 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
- The Woman Who Lives Here and Other Stories. Champion Books. 1983. ISBN 978-0-908483-05-1.
Non-fiction
- 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
- 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.
References
- http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A0Qp
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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