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Name
  
Gary Catalano


Role
  
Poet

Gary Catalano Gary Catalano National Portrait Gallery

Died
  
December 8, 2002, Melbourne, Australia

Books
  
The solitary watcher, Slow tennis

Gary Catalano (30 October 1947 – 8 December 2002) was an Australian poet and art critic.

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Life

Calatano was born on 30 October 1947 in Brisbane. He married writer Helen Hewitt in 1990. He died on 8 December 2002 in Melbourne.

Assessment

Gary Catalano makes the most ordinary sights and sounds extraordinary. In "Wholemeal Loaf," he compares "even the lightest loaf" to "a lump of masonry from a demolition site."

Awards

  • 1992 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry (with Kevin Hart)
  • 1997 Australia Council's Keesing Studio in Paris residency
  • 2002 Harold White Fellowship from the National Library in Canberra
  • References

    Gary Catalano Wikipedia


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