Berndt Sellheim Berndt Sellheim i(A84330 works by)
Born: Established: Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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Berndt Sellheim has undertaken PhD studies in phenomenology and poetics at Macquarie University. He has taught poetics and cultural theory at UTS, and philosophy at Macquarie University. He has organised the Loft Readings at UTS.

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y separately published work icon Awake at the Wheel Newtown : Vagabond Press , 2016 10149996 2016 selected work poetry

'From the backroads of the Australian outback to the icy streets of Paris winter, these dynamic poems traverse geographies, languages and techniques. Marked by a subtle probing of the metaphysical layerings that underpin human experience, this exploration returns again and again to the concrete details of everyday happenings. Drawing equally on moments of joy and loss, shifting from comic and bawdy bohemianism to introspective sensory envelopment, Awake at the Wheel evokes a dynamic and fragile world. This fragility is an insistent theme, both in terms of human mortality and ecological crisis. These poems travel across a beautiful earth, through mental and spiritual zones bleached by consumer capitalism, and through country ravaged by mining, passing amongst the ghosts of those who have gone before, the spirits of loved ones, and of cultural and literary inheritance. This is a collection of playful, innovative and imaginative poems, driven by a refined and attentive musicality, brimming with possibility and surprise.' (Publication summary)

2016 winner Anne Elder Award
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