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Mike Ladd (1959 - ) Mike Ladd grew up at Blackwood in the Adelaide Hills. After completing a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy at Adelaide University, he began to publish his poetry widely in Australia. In 1980 he formed "The Drum Poets" a group of musicians who perform his poetry using conventional instruments, found objects and pre-recorded sounds. In the early 1980's Mike Ladd travelled in Europe and Africa. Whilst in Senegal, he made recordings of the traditional poet-praise singers known as the "griot". In London he worked for the BBC and the British Institute of Recorded Sound. Returning to Adelaide, Mike began work with ABC radio. After working as a sound engineer, he became a producer within the Audio Arts department and is currently producer and presenter of the Radio National poetry program "PoeticA". His poetry has been translated and published in several different languages, and his writing for radio has been broadcast in many countries including the UK, Ireland, Canada, Finland, Germany and France. Mike has always been interested in collaborations between poetry and other disciplines, and has made poetic works for live performance, radio, film, photography, installations and the internet.    Photo of Mike Ladd by Steve Hardacre, 1999. Mike Ladd's publications include: Poetry: The Crack in the Crib, (Wakefield Press, 1984), Picture's Edge, (Wakefield Press, 1994), Close To Home, (Five Islands Press, 2000), Rooms and Sequences, (Salt Press, 2003).

Henry G. Lammond (D.O.B. - )

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Charlotte Lance (D.O.B. - )

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Martin Langford (1952 - ) In 1996 Martin Langford edited Midday Horizon, the second of the Round Table "poet's choice" anthologies with Margaret Bradstock and Peter Boyle. In 2000, he published Be Straight With Me (Island), a book of poems about the lives of teenagers. He has been editor or joint editor of several collections of conference papers, including those for Rewording 87, Rewording 89 (in Poetry Australia) and The Whole Voice (1995; in Southerly). He has been variously involved with the Poets Union, being National Secretary in 1985-6, and President in 1991-2 and 1992-3. In 2001, he was director of Burning Lines, the Australian Poetry Festival, and is a member of the 2002 Festival committee. He is currently working on a collection of literary aphorisms and observations, and on a selection from the work of Philip Hammial.    Photo of Martin Langford by Tim Langford, year unknown. Martin Langford's publications include: Poetry: Faultlines, (with N. Krouk and Y. Christianse), (Round Table, 1991), The Great Wall of Instinct, (Island, 1993), In the Cage of Love's Gradings, (Island, 1997), Sensual Horizon, (Five Islands Press, 2001).

Eve Langley (1908 - 1974) Insert biographical details.    Photo of Eve Langley by photographer unknown, year unknown. Eve Langley's publications include: Insert publications.

Louis Lavater (1867 - 1953)

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Dorothy Trafford Lavery (D.O.B. - )

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Nicole Lawler (1978 - ) I have been writing since I was 12 years old. I am currently working on the second book of a fantasy novel and have begun two other major novels. However, for the most part, for this past year, I have been writing short-stories and poetry. I have only recently begun to seek professional publishing of these works. I have had a number of poems accepted for publishing in Scotland and America and have had my collection of short-stories accepted for ebook publishing. At 24 years of age, I hope that this is only the beginning of my career in creative writing. I would love to be able to devote my days in full to weaving amazing tales into words and sharing them with others. To become a full time writer would be my dream. In the last year or so a colleague and I founded The Gloomsbury Circle which is a writer’s circle for young and talented writers in Queensland and from around Australia. I am a member of the Queensland Writer’s Centre who form a wonderful support and information basis for writers. I hail from Brisbane but have recently set out to the UK and currently reside in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. I am honoured to have my poem “Sweet Song of the Sun” accepted for publishing in a forum of peace such as this.    Photo of Nicole Lawler by Andrew Butterworth, 2001. Nicole Lawler's publications include: Insert publications.

Anthony Lawrence (1957 - ) Anthony Lawrence was born in Tamworth, New South Wales in 1957. He has published poems in many magazines and journals both in Australia around the world, and his work has won many major awards, including the New South Wales Premier's Award, The Judith Wright Calanthe Award and the Newcastle Poetry Prize. He currently lives in Hobart, Tasmania.    Photo of Anthony Lawrence by Jenni Mitchell, 2000. Anthony Lawrence's publications include: Poetry: Dreaming In Stone, (Angus & Robertson, 1989), Three Days Out Of Tidal Town, (Hale & Iremonger, 1992), The Darkwood Aquarium, (Penguin, 1993), Cold Wires Of Rain, (Penguin, 1994), The Viewfinder, (University of Queensland Press, 1996), Skinned By Light: New & Selected Poems, (University of Queensland Press, 1998); Fiction: In The Half Light, (Picador, 2000).

Stephen Lawrence (D.O.B. - )

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Henry Lawson (1867 - 1922) Insert biographical details.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Henry Lawson's publications include: Insert publications.

Sylvia Lawson (1932 - )

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William Lawson (1876 - 1957)

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Bronwyn Lea (1969 - ) Bronwyn Lea was born in Launceston and grew up in Queensland and Papua New Guinea. She holds a BA in Literature and Writing from California State University in San Diego, where she lived for 12 years, and a MA in Creative Writing from the University of Queensland, where she is currently working on a Ph.D in Poetry. Poems from her first collection of poetry Flight Animals have won numerous prizes, including the 2001 Somerset National Poetry Prize and the 2000 Arts Queensland Poetry Prize. Bronwyn lives in Brisbane with her daughter and teaches Poetics at the University of Queensland.    Photo of Bronwyn Lea by Marcella Hills, year unknown. Bronwyn Lea's publications include: Poetry: Flight Animals, (University of Queensland Press, 2001).

Roland Leach (D.O.B. - )

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Joyce Lee (D.O.B. - )

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Patricia Lee (D.O.B. - )

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Shelton Lee (D.O.B. - 2005) At 12 Shelton Lea ran away from his wealthy but unhappy adopted home in Toorak with a branch of the Daryl Lea chocolatier family to live on the streets. He did time in various reform schools, beginning his life-long commitment to write about Australia's black and white troubles. At 16 he was sent to Pentridge's notorious C Division. Inside jails he wrote love poems and letters for tobacco. His 2004 interview on ABC television's Stateline was influential in raising the minimum age for jailing teenagers in Victoria. As part of the Heide set he worked with Barrett Reid on Overland. Revered as a reader, friend and mentor, Lea ran the bookshop DeHavillands on Wellington in Melbourne, specialising in Australian poetry, and the Radical Poets poetry reading with Ken Smeaton. His Eaglemont Press published six titles, the last of which was Raffaella Torresan's Melbourne Poets Live 2003. He was widely anthologized. Nebuchadnezzar (Black Pepper Publishing 2005) was his ninth book.    Photo of Shelton Lee courtesy of Liz Hall-Downs, the 80s. Shelton Lee's publications include: Insert publications.

Justine Lees (D.O.B. - ) Justine Lees was born and raised in Melbourne. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies and Psychology from Swinburne Institute of Technology before working in the court system for a few years. She joined the ABC in 1989, and since 1992 has been a producer for the Radio Drama department, making plays, book readings and poetry features for broadcast on Radio National and ABC Classic FM. However, she remains adamant that if you'd told her before that then she would end up working with poetry AND enjoying it she would have laughed in derision. Like many of her contemporaries, she was deeply scarred in her formative years by rote learning of "I love a sunburnt country ... " Now, she greatly enjoys working with poets and actors in close collaboration, exploring texts and recreating the world of the poetry in sound. A program she made about poetry and schizophrenia featuring the work of the Loose Kangaroos, a group of poets living with the illness, won the 1999 Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Society Broadcast Media Achievement Award and was highly Commended in the 1999 Human Rights Media Awards. Justine is a keen traveller and has visited, amongst other places, South-East Asia, the USA, Mexico, Cuba, Botswana, and Namibia. She loves deserts, and since her trip to outback NSW with Coral Hull is determined to explore more of Australia.    Photo of Justine Lees by photographer unknown, 1999. Justine Lees's creative achievements include: Insert.

Geoffrey Leahmann (1940 - )

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David Legge (D.O.B. - )

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John Leonard (1965 - ) John was born in Cambridge, UK in 1965 and brought up there. He attended Oxford University and in 1987 graduated with first class honours in English Language and Literature. He came to the University of Queensland in 1991 to research a PhD, 'Lyric and Modernity', which was passed in 1995. He stayed on in Australia with his Australian partner and became an Australian citizen in 1998. John and Felicia have two sons. His work is traditional in form and diction, and in its emphasis on the natural world and natural processes, but has always been strongly political, of a deep green persuasion. He does not belong to any school or clique of writers. He has been poetry editor of Overland since 2003. Influences on his work include Thomas Hardy, Robert Graves, John Clare, Emily Dickinson, Laura Riding and, in translation, Catullus, Vallejo, Rilke and ap Gwilym. His collection 100 Elegies for Modernity was modelled on the Tao Te Ching. Presently he lives in Canberra and works in the public service. He enjoys running, Tai Chi and birdwatching.    Photo of John Leonard, Felicia Fletcher, 2002. John Leonard's publications include: Poetry: Unlove (friday poetry, 1990), 100 Elegies for Modernity (Hale and Iremonger, 1996), Jesus in Kashmir (Proensa, 2003), New and Selected Poems (Salt, 2008). John Leonard can be contacted at Email: jleonard (át) jleonard (dót) net

Greg Lenthen (D.O.B. - )

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Josef Lesser (1941 - ) After retiring from full-time employment managing disability services, Josef commenced writing poetry in order to share his thoughts of life and the world. His poems have been published internationally in print magazines, on-line journals and anthologies including Best Australian Poems 2006 and dance the guns to silence. Also Orbis, erbacce, stride, The Write Angle, Arabesques, ICORN international and others. He won the 2007 Tenterfield 'brush with verse' poetry prize and has poems due for publication in anthologies on the life of Che Guevara and 'Australian Experiences across Cultures'. He lives with his wife at Korora which is by the sea on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, Australia.    Photo of Josef Lesser by Marion Lesser, 2006. Josef Lesser's creative achievements include: Insert Publications. Josef Lesser can be contacted at Email: jmlesser (át) ozemail (dót) com (dót) au

Alan Lester (D.O.B. - )

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Emma Lew (1962 - ) Emma Lew was born in Melbourne. She completed an Arts degree at Melbourne University in 1986, and worked as a deckhand, shop assistant, proof reader, receptionist and clerical assistant. She began writing poems in 1993, and her first collection of poems, The Wild Reply (Black Pepper, 1997), was joint-winner of The Age Poetry Book of the Year award, winner of the Mary Gilmore prize, and short-listed for the NSW Premier's Literary Prize. Her work has appeared in journals in Australia (including HEAT, Meanjin, Island, Overland and Southerly), and overseas (including PN Review, Wormwood Review, Hanging Loose, Landfall and Prism International). In addition, her poems have been included in anthologies, among them New Poetries II (Carcanet, 1999) and Australian Verse - An Oxford Anthology (Oxford, 1998). A chapbook of new poems will be brought out by Potes and Poets Press in the USA in late 2000. Her second collection Anything the Landlord Touches, (Giramondo, 2002) has been shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize 2003.     Photo of Emma Lew by Jenni Mitchell, 1998. Emma Lew's publications include: The Wild Reply, (Black Pepper Press, 1997), Anything the Landlord Touches, (Giramondo, 2002).

Cassie Lewis (1974 - ) Cassie Lewis was born in Papua New Guinea. She has been publishing her poems widely in Australian magazines and newspapers since 1995 and has also had work published in New Zealand and the UK.    Photo of Cassie Lewis by Colin Rhodes, 2000. Cassie Lewis's publications include: Poetry: Song for the Quartet, (chapbook), (Soup Publications, 1997), Winter District, (Potes and Poets Press, 2000, High Country, (Little Esther, 2000).

Naomi Lewis (D.O.B. - )

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Tom Lewis (D.O.B. - )

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Rosanna Licari (N.F.P. -) Rosanna Licari is a Queensland poet and editor of Stylus Poetry Journal. She was a co-director of RENEW THE WORD Queensland Poetry Festival in 2002 and 2003. Her interests include haiku and its related forms, as well as page and performance poetry. Her haiku has been published in the First Australian Haiku Anthology (2003), and she recently collaborated with Queensland arranger/composer, Kenny Floyd to produce Chronicles of Desire: Fragments [Singapore Mix] a poetry and music CD based on the voices of women of myth and history including Frida Kahlo, the Emperor’s Concubine, Sappho of Lesbos, and Medusa, exploring the themes of love and desire. Her work has appeared in various publications including, Synaptic Graffiti: Slam the Body Politik, M.a.g (US), winterSPIN (NZ), Retort Magazine, SideWalk, Small Packages, Social Alternatives and on the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s PoeticA. In 2004 she performed at the Singapore Arts Festival, the Brisbane Writers Festival and the Queensland Poetry Festival.    Photo of Rosanna Licari by Jools Weller, 2002. She has been awarded a grant from Arts Queensland to write a collection of poems entitled an afternoon with cars. Her collection i wake to white will be published in late 2005 by Impressed Publishing. She lives in Brisbane, Australia and teaches English to migrants and refugees. Rosanna Licari's publications include: Insert publications. Rosanna Licari can be contacted at Email: editor (át) styluspoetryjournal (dót) com   Go to Stylus Poetry Journal

Kate Lilley (1960 - ) Kate Lilley grew up in Perth and Sydney. After completing her PhD on Masculine Elegy at the University of London she spent four years as a Junior Research Fellow at Oxford University. Since 1990 she has taught feminist literary history and theory at the University of Sydney and has published widely on early modern women’s writing and contemporary poetry. She is the editor of Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World and other writings (Penguin Classics). Her one poetry volume, Versary, was published by Salt Publications in Cambridge England.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Kate Lilley's publications include: Insert publications.

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Sheridan Linnell (D.O.B. - )

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Jack Lindsay (1900 - 1990)

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Norman Lindsay - Artist (D.O.B. - )

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Tony Lintermans (1948 - )

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Ray Liversidge (D.O.B. - 2000)

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Kate Llewellyn (D.O.B. - )

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Sarah Lloyd (D.O.B. - )

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Karen Lloyd-Diviny (D.O.B. - )

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R. H. Long (1874 - 1948)

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Yve Louis (D.O.B. - )

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Justin Lowe (D.O.B. - ) Born in Sydney in 1964, Justin spent much of his formative years on the Spanish island of Minorca, an experience around which he is busy shaping a novel. After completing his studies, Justin moved to England before settling back in Newtown for the duration of the 90's. There he edited seminal Homebrew and published two collections of poetry, as well as penning songs for such diverse musical outfits such as The Whitlams and The Impossibles and Sydney jazz diva Lily Dior and composing dithyrambic text for the annual Mascon Festival. Justin currently resides in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and recently completed a poetry commission for the 2004 Sydney Festival.     Photo of Justin Lowe by photographer unknown, year unknown. He has also recently recorded a poem for the Red Room Company's Poetry Crimes project and appeared at the 2005 Sydney Writers Festival. Justin has been published all over the world and is currently negotiating the rights to a film script based on Henry Lawson's tragic marriage to Bertha Bredt. He is also preparing his second novel The Wordman for publication and working on a third novel set during the East African campaign of 1914-18 with the working title The Great Big Show. He is also busy compiling a collection of his poetry published over the last five years for a book entitled Glass Poems, which is yet to find a publisher. Justin also pens the occasional review for magazines such as Cordite, receiving nothing but hugs and fragrant bouquets for his efforts. Justin Lowe's publications include: Poetry: Try Laughter, (Deadpan Press, 2000), Humanesque, (Zeus Publications/Ebookland, 2001), Glass Poems, (BluePepper, 2006); Fiction: Hang on St Christopher, (Ninderry Press, 2003). Justin Lowe can be contacted at Email: eroica (át) optus (dót) net (dót) au   Go to Blue Pepper

Robert Lowe (1811 - 1892)

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Beryl Llywelyn Lucas (D.O.B. - )

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Diane Lucas (D.O.B. - )

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Tatjana Lukic (1959 - ) Tatjana Lukic is an Australian with a strong Slavic accent. Born in Croatia, lived in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Czech Republic before migrating to Australia in 1992. Studied philosophy and sociology in Sarajevo, and worked as a college teacher, poetry editor and sociologist/researcher. In the 80s published four books of poetry in the former Yugoslavia, and won a few national awards. Writes and translates poetry. Lives in Canberra and works as a researcher for a government department. Her publications include (Poetry Collections in Croatian): Saslusanje (Nolit, Belgrade, 1988), Izbor (Mali katalog poezije, Osijek, 1985), Sta sutim (Svjetlost, Sarajevo, 1984), Povijedanje, zacetak poja (Matica srpska, Novi Sad, 1981).    Photo of Tatjana Lukic by Karen Bachelor, 2003. Tatjana Lukic's creative achievements include: Insert.

Myron Lysenko (1952 - ) Myron Lysenko became a professional poet in 1989. Co-founded & co-edited (with Kevin Brophy) independent literary journal Going Down Swinging from 1980-94. He has had over 222 poems published in anthologies, litmags & other journals. His poetry has been featured on television & radio. Has read his poetry in public over 2,000 times over the last 21 years & has conducted over 3,000 poetry workshops throughout the east coast of Australia. His poetry has been described as wry, amusing, sad, surprising, innovative & cheekily irreverent. He is known in some circles as Melbourne’s happy pessimist. Earns his living by doing poetry in universities, TAFE colleges , schools & at poetry venues & festivals. Myron had a fear of poetry for the first 30 years of his life, but after he was converted by contemporary Australian poets, he has adopted poetry as a lifestyle.    Photo of Mryon Lysenko by photographer unknown, 2000. Myron Lysenko's publications include: Poetry: Coughing With Confidence, (SoftManCon, 1988), Pets & Death & Indoor Plants, (Penguin, 1991), Winning & Losing, (Hit & Miss, 1998), I’m Ukrainian, Mate!, (Alternativy, 2000).

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