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John Tranter

January 01, 1970

John Ernest Tranter (29 April 1943 – 21 April 2023) was an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He published more than twenty books of poetry; devising, with Jan Garrett, the long running ABC radio program Books and Writing; and founding in 1997 the internet quarterly literary magazine Jacket which he published and edited until 2010, when he gave it to the University of Pennsylvania.[1]

John Tranter
Tranter with his grandson in 2005
Born(1943-04-29)29 April 1943
Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
Died21 April 2023(2023-04-21) (aged 79)
Sydney, Australia
Occupation(s)Poet, publisher, editor
Known forPoetry

The Australia Council awarded him a Creative Arts Fellowship in 1990; some Australian poets "acknowledge his role as innovator and experimentalist".[2]

Life edit

Tranter was born in Cooma, New South Wales and attended country schools, then took his BA in 1970 after attending university sporadically. He worked mainly in publishing, teaching and radio production, and has travelled widely, making more than twenty reading tours to venues in the United States, in Britain and Europe since the mid-1980s. He lived in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia, and overseas in London, Cambridge, Singapore, Florida, and San Francisco. He spent most of his life in Sydney, where he was a company director (with his wife Lyn) of Australian Literary Management, a leading literary agency. He was married to Lyn, with adult children Kirsten and Leon, and in 2009 completed a Doctorate of Creative Arts University of Wollongong (conferred, highly commended).

Tranter died on 21 April 2023, at the age of 79.[3]

Literary career edit

In 1975 John Tranter co-designed the first Books & Writing radio program for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, a program format which was still going strong thirty years later. During 1987 and 1988 John Tranter was in charge of the ABC Radio National weekly two-hour arts program Radio Helicon, and from 1990 to 1993 he was the poetry editor of the Sydney-based business/ arts weekly The Bulletin.

Tranter received many fellowships and other grants, and had been a visiting scholar at various institutions, from visiting fellow in the Faculty of Arts at the Australian National University to writer-in-residence at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida and at Cambridge University in England. He published over twenty volumes of poetry, including Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected (University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2006) and Starlight: 150 Poems (University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2010).

His Starlight: 150 Poems, published by the University of Queensland Press, won the Queensland State Literary Award for poetry and the Age Book of the Year award for poetry in 2011, and Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected, published by the University of Queensland Press, won the Victorian Premier's Prize for poetry in 2006, the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize in 2007, the South Australian Premier's Awards John Bray prize for poetry in 2008 and the South Australian Premier's Awards Premier's Prize for the best book overall (2006 and 2007) in 2008. His Under Berlin, published by the University of Queensland Press, won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (the New South Wales State Literary Award for Poetry) in 1989, and At The Florida won the Melbourne Age 'Book of the Year' award for poetry in 1993. Other recent books are The Floor of Heaven (Harper Collins, 1992), a book-length sequence of four verse narratives, the poetry collections Late Night Radio (Polygon, Edinburgh, UK, 1998), Heart Print (Salt, Cambridge, UK, 2001), Different Hands (Folio/ Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Cambridge and Western Australia, 1998), a collection of seven experimental computer-assisted prose pieces, Borrowed Voices (Shoestring Press, Nottingham, 2002), a dozen reinterpretations of poems by other poets, Studio Moon and Trio (both Salt Publications, UK, 2003).

Tranter compiled and edited The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry with Philip Mead in 1991. Earlier anthologies include the controversial The New Australian Poetry (Makar, Brisbane, 1979), and a selection of ninety-four poems from the Australian bicentennial poetry competition in 1988, published by ABC Books as The Tin Wash Dish.

In 2004 he built a free prototype internet site that presented biographical and bibliographical information about over seventy Australian poets as well as poems, book reviews and interviews. In 2005 he handed the project over to a consortium consisting of the University of Sydney English Department, the University of Sydney Library and the Copyright Agency Limited. In 2006 the consortium was granted half a million dollars by the Australian Research Council to further extend the work as a research project as the Australian Poetry Library with an internet site hosted by the University of Sydney Library. The project was launched at State Government House, Sydney, on 25 May 2011, by which time it featured over 42,000 poems by Australian poets from 1800 to the present.

In 2014 John Tranter founded the Journal of Poetics Research with three other Managing Editors: Dr Kate Lilley, University of Sydney; Dr Ann Vickery, Deakin University; and Professor Philip Mead, University of Western Australia; and some thirty other (mostly international) editors. The first (free) issue was published at the end of September 2014, and two issues per year, in March and September, were planned at that time.

Awards edit

Selected bibliography edit

As editor edit

  • 2007: The Best Australian Poetry 2007, guest editor, University of Queensland Press
  • 2011: The Best Australian Poems 2011, editor, Black Inc, Melbourne
  • 2012: The Best Australian Poems 2012, editor, Black Inc, Melbourne

References edit

  1. ^ Jacket2
  2. ^ "About us | Jacket2". jacket2.org. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ^ "John Tranter Death Notice – Sydney, New South Wales". tributes.smh.com.au. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

Sources edit

  • Wilde, W., Hooton, J. & Andrews, B (1994) The Oxford Companion of Australian Literature 2nd ed. South Melbourne, Oxford University Press

External links edit

  • Jacket website
  • Official homepage
  • Australian Poetry Library website
  • John Tranter: Online Poem and bio at alittlepoetry.com
  • John Tranter Interview conducted by Brian Henry appeared in The Argost Online in early 2010.
  • John Tranter 'The Elephant has Left the Room': Jacket magazine and the Internet JASAL, vol 12,no 1, 2012

January 01, 1970
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role as innovator and experimentalist 2 Contents 1 Life 2 Literary career 3 Awards 4 Selected bibliography 4 1 As editor 5 References 5 1 Sources 6 External linksLife editTranter was born in Cooma New South Wales and attended country schools then took his BA in 1970 after attending university sporadically He worked mainly in publishing teaching and radio production and has travelled widely making more than twenty reading tours to venues in the United States in Britain and Europe since the mid 1980s He lived in Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia and overseas in London Cambridge Singapore Florida and San Francisco He spent most of his life in Sydney where he was a company director with his wife Lyn of Australian Literary Management a leading literary agency He was married to Lyn with adult children Kirsten and Leon and in 2009 completed a Doctorate of Creative Arts University of Wollongong conferred highly commended Tranter died on 21 April 2023 at the age of 79 3 Literary career editIn 1975 John Tranter co designed the first Books amp Writing radio program for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation a program format which was still going strong thirty years later During 1987 and 1988 John Tranter was in charge of the ABC Radio National weekly two hour arts program Radio Helicon and from 1990 to 1993 he was the poetry editor of the Sydney based business arts weekly The Bulletin Tranter received many fellowships and other grants and had been a visiting scholar at various institutions from visiting fellow in the Faculty of Arts at the Australian National University to writer in residence at Rollins College in Winter Park Florida and at Cambridge University in England He published over twenty volumes of poetry including Urban Myths 210 Poems New and Selected University of Queensland Press St Lucia 2006 and Starlight 150 Poems University of Queensland Press St Lucia 2010 His Starlight 150 Poems published by the University of Queensland Press won the Queensland State Literary Award for poetry and the Age Book of the Year award for poetry in 2011 and Urban Myths 210 Poems New and Selected published by the University of Queensland Press won the Victorian Premier s Prize for poetry in 2006 the New South Wales Premier s Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize in 2007 the South Australian Premier s Awards John Bray prize for poetry in 2008 and the South Australian Premier s Awards Premier s Prize for the best book overall 2006 and 2007 in 2008 His Under Berlin published by the University of Queensland Press won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry the New South Wales State Literary Award for Poetry in 1989 and At The Florida won the Melbourne Age Book of the Year award for poetry in 1993 Other recent books are The Floor of Heaven Harper Collins 1992 a book length sequence of four verse narratives the poetry collections Late Night Radio Polygon Edinburgh UK 1998 Heart Print Salt Cambridge UK 2001 Different Hands Folio Fremantle Arts Centre Press Cambridge and Western Australia 1998 a collection of seven experimental computer assisted prose pieces Borrowed Voices Shoestring Press Nottingham 2002 a dozen reinterpretations of poems by other poets Studio Moon and Trio both Salt Publications UK 2003 Tranter compiled and edited The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry with Philip Mead in 1991 Earlier anthologies include the controversial The New Australian Poetry Makar Brisbane 1979 and a selection of ninety four poems from the Australian bicentennial poetry competition in 1988 published by ABC Books as The Tin Wash Dish In 2004 he built a free prototype internet site that presented biographical and bibliographical information about over seventy Australian poets as well as poems book reviews and interviews In 2005 he handed the project over to a consortium consisting of the University of Sydney English Department the University of Sydney Library and the Copyright Agency Limited In 2006 the consortium was granted half a million dollars by the Australian Research Council to further extend the work as a research project as the Australian Poetry Library with an internet site hosted by the University of Sydney Library The project was launched at State Government House Sydney on 25 May 2011 by which time it featured over 42 000 poems by Australian poets from 1800 to the present In 2014 John Tranter founded the Journal of Poetics Research with three other Managing Editors Dr Kate Lilley University of Sydney Dr Ann Vickery Deakin University and Professor Philip Mead University of Western Australia and some thirty other mostly international editors The first free issue was published at the end of September 2014 and two issues per year in March and September were planned at that time Awards edit2011 Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a poetry collection for Starlight 150 Poems 2011 The Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry for Starlight 150 Poems 2009 Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship six week residency in Umbria 2008 South Australian Premier s Awards Premier s Prize for the best book overall 2006 and 2007 for Urban Myths 210 Poems New and Selected 2008 South Australian Premier s Awards John Bray prize for poetry for Urban Myths 210 Poems New and Selected 2007 New South Wales Premier s Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Urban Myths 210 Poems New and Selected 2006 Victorian Premier s Literary Award C J Dennis Prize for Poetry Prize for Urban Myths 210 Poems New and Selected 1993 The Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry for At the Florida 1993 Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry for The Floor of Heaven 1989 New South Wales Premier s Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Under Berlin 1988 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry for Under BerlinSelected bibliography edit1970 Parallax South Head Press 1973 Red Movie and other poems Angus amp Robertson 1973 The Blast Area Gargoyle Poets number 13 Makar Press 1976 The Alphabet Murders notes from a work in progress Angus amp Robertson 1977 Crying in Early Infancy 100 Sonnets Makar Press 1979 Dazed in the Ladies Lounge Island Press Australia 1983 Selected Poems Hale amp Iremonger 1988 Under Berlin University of Queensland Press 1991 The Floor of Heaven HarperCollins Angus amp Robertson 1993 At The Florida University of Queensland Press 1998 Late Night Radio Polygon Press 2006 Urban Myths 210 Poems New and Selected University of Queensland Press 2010 Starlight 150 Poems University of Queensland Press As editor edit 2007 The Best Australian Poetry 2007 guest editor University of Queensland Press 2011 The Best Australian Poems 2011 editor Black Inc Melbourne 2012 The Best Australian Poems 2012 editor Black Inc MelbourneReferences edit Jacket2 About us Jacket2 jacket2 org Retrieved 18 January 2024 John Tranter Death Notice Sydney New South Wales tributes smh com au Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 25 April 2023 Sources edit Wilde W Hooton J amp Andrews B 1994 The Oxford Companion of Australian Literature 2nd ed South Melbourne Oxford University PressExternal links editJacket website Official homepage Australian Poetry Library website John Tranter Online Poem and bio at alittlepoetry com John Tranter Interview conducted by Brian Henry appeared in The Argost Online in early 2010 John Tranter The Elephant has Left the Room Jacket magazine and the Internet JASAL vol 12 no 1 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Tranter amp oldid 1219480697, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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