Skovron, Alex 1948-

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SKOVRON, Alex 1948-

PERSONAL:

Born June 12, 1948, in Chorzow, Poland; immigrated to Israel, 1956, and to Australia, 1958; married Ruth Paluch, 1976; children: two. Education: University of New South Wales, B.A., 1970; University of Sydney, M.A., 1972.

ADDRESSES:

Home—172 Hawthorn Rd., Caulfield North, Victoria 3161, Australia. E-mail—skovline@bigpond.com.

CAREER:

Poet. Editor for publishing companies in Sydney and Melbourne, 1972—.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry, 1983; Anne Elder Award and Mary Gilmore Award, both for The Rearrangement; Australia Council writer's grant, 1994; John Shaw Neilson Poetry Award, 1995; Manuel Gelman Memorial Prize for Literature, 1997.

WRITINGS:

The Rearrangement (poetry), International Specialized Book Services (Portland, OR), 1988.

Sleeve Notes (poetry), Hale & Iremonger (Sydney, Australia), 1992.

Infinite City: 100 Sonnetinas, Five Islands Press (Wollongong, Australia), 1999.

Contributor of poems and stories to periodicals.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Australian Book Review, July, 1999, Jennifer Maiden, "A Way around the Sky," pp. 36-37.

ONLINE

Thylazine Foundation,http://www.thylazine.org/poetsforpeace/ (February 19, 2004), biography of Alex Skovron.*

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