Unknown Judith Wright, The

BIOGRAPHY – Australiana – Poetry –

“Judith Wright (1915-2000) remains a giant figure within Australian art, culture and politics. Her 1946 collection of poetry, The Moving Image, revolutionised Australian poetry. She helped to establish the modern Australian environmental movement and was a key player in early campaigns for Aboriginal land rights. A friend and confidante of artists, writers, scholars, activists and policy makers – she remains an inspiration to many. And yet, as Georgina Arnott is able to show in this major new work, the biographical picture we have had of this renowned poet-activist has been very much a partial one. This book presents a more human figure than we have previously seen, and concentrates on Wright’s younger years. New material allows us to hear, directly, thrillingly, the feisty voice of a young Judith Wright and forces us to reconsider the woman we thought we knew.”

• viii, 293 pages ; 24 cm #070325 (Very Good+ ex-library copy)
• First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
  • Colonisation
  • Literature and stories – Criticism and analysis
  • History – Biographies – Non-Indigenous
  • Literature and stories – Authors – Poetry
  • Wonnarua / Wanaruah people (S63) (NSW SI56-01)
  • Australia
  • New England (NSW N Coast SH56-06, SH56-10)

  Subject:

  • Wright, Judith, 1915-2000
  • Wright, Judith, 1915-2000 — Childhood and youth
  • Poets, Australian — 20th century — Biography
  • Women poets, Australian — 20th century — Biography
  • Women environmentalists — Australia — Biography