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Winner of the 1999 David Unaipon Award for his volume of poetry Of Muse, meandering and midnight, published as part of the UQP Black Australian Writers Series, Samuel Wagan Watson was born in Brisbane in 1972. His ancestry is Irish, German, Bundjalung and Birri Gubba. A former prefect of the Morayfield State High School, he has been a salesman, public relations officer, fraud investigator, graphic artist, laborer, law clerk, film industry technician, and an actor. In recent years he has been in much demand as a poet and has performed his work at pub gigs and literary festivals including the annual DAR Festival, Queensland Poetry Festival, the Sydney Australia Poetry Festival, and Byron Bay Writers' Festival where he appeared with major writers and poets. Samuel has published widely in literary journals and international poetry publications. His poetry is on the permanent website The Blackfellas, Whitefellas, Wetlands, commissioned by the Brisbane City Council. |
