Brendan Ryan Brendan Ryan i(A22755 works by)
Born: Established: 1963 Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Brendan Ryan grew up on a dairy farm at Panmure, Victoria. He has been employed as a teacher and in 1999 completed an Honours degree in English at La Trobe University. In 2001 he received an Emerging Writers Grant from the Australia Council, and in 2005 he received a Developing Writers Grant. A Collingwood supporter, in 2008 he was living in Portarlington, Victoria.

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Personal Awards

Awards for Works

The Snaking Accuracy of Cow Trails 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Dombóvár : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2024 2024;
2024 shortlisted The Newcastle Poetry Prize
Sonnets for a Mother i "She was always staying up late, pottering", 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Generosity : 2020 ACU Prize for Poetry 2020; (p. 61-62)
2020 highly commended ACU Prize for Poetry
y separately published work icon A Paddock in His Head Carlton : Five Islands Press , 2007 Z1434670 2007 selected work poetry A collection of poems focussed on memories of the poet's upbringing in a dairying community in Victoria and his transition from country to city life.
2008 shortlisted Australian Capital Territory Poetry Prize — Judith Wright Award for a Published Collection by an Australian Poet
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