| Geoffrey Lehmann | |
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| Born | (1940-06-28) 28 June 1940 (age 84) McMahons Point, Sydney, Australia |
| Alma mater | Sydney Church of England Grammar School University of Sydney |
| Occupation | poet |
Geoffrey Lehmann (born 28 June 1940) is an Australian poet, children's writer, and tax lawyer.
Biography
Lehmann grew up in McMahons Point, Sydney, and attended the Sydney Church of England Grammar School in North Sydney. He graduated in arts and law from the University of Sydney in 1960 and 1963 respectively. In 1961, he demonstrated in a student newspaper article that fellow student Robert Hughes had published plagiarised poetry by Terence Tiller and others, and a drawing by Leonard Baskin.
Lehmann was the first Australian poet to be published by the London publishing house Faber and Faber.
Lehmann has worked as a solicitor in his own small law firm, as an academic lawyer at the University of New South Wales, and as a corporate tax lawyer, having retired from PwC. He continues to write as a literary reviewer for The Australian newspaper.
Claire Lehmann is his daughter-in-law.
Awards
- Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, winner 1965 for The Ilex Tree with Les Murray
- Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, winner 1981 for Nero's Poems
- Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, winner 1997 for Collected Poems
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Poetry, winner 2015 for Poems 1957–2013
Bibliography
Poetry
- Murray, Les A.; Lehmann, Geoffrey (1965). The Ilex Tree. Canberra: Australian National University.
- Lehmann, Geoffrey (1968). A Voyage of Lions and Other Poems. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
- Comic Australian Verse (1972) Editor
- Conversation with a Rider (1972)
- Selected Poems (1976)
- Ross' Poems (1978)
- Nero's Poems: Translations of the public and private poems of the Emperor Nero (1981)
- Children's Games (1990)
- Spring Forest (1992)
- Collected Poems (1997)
- Baking at Night and Other Poems (2003)
- Poems 1957–2013 (2014)
Novels
- A Spring Day in Autumn (1974)
Children's fiction
- The Balloon Farmer (1994) with Betty Greenhatch
- Sky Boy (2001) with Caroline Magerl
Non-fiction
- Australian Primitive Painters (1974) editor, art
- Lehmann, Geoffrey (January–February 2016). "Music and language, cultural identity and fame". Quadrant. 60 (1–2): 92–98.
- Lehmann, Geoffrey (2018), Leeward : a memoir, NewSouth Books, ISBN 978-1-74223-613-1
Edited
- Hermes (1962)
- Comic Australian Verse (1972)
- The Younger Australian Poets (1983) editor with Robert Gray
- The Flight of the Emu (1990)
- Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century (1991) editor with Robert Gray
- Australian Poetry Since 1788 (2011) editor with Robert Gray
Book reviews
| Date | Review article | Work(s) reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Lehmann, Geoffrey (April 2013). "Giving it a go : brilliantly observed and precise poems". Australian Book Review. 350: 24–25. | Wallace-Crabbe, Chris (2013). New and selected poems. Manchester: Carcanet. |
References
- Coombs A Sex and Anarchy: The life and death of the Sydney Push Viking Penguin Books (Australia, 1996) pp 158-9
- UWA News - Geoffrey Lehmann wins Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry
- "Geoffrey Lehmann wins Prime Minister's Award for Poetry". www.news.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. 15 December 2015.
- "Joan London takes out PM's Literary Award for best fiction". ABC News. 14 December 2015.
- "Geoffrey Lehmann". The Tax Institute. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- "Austlit — Geoffrey Lehmann – Works By". Austlit. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- Lehmann, Claire (26 November 2018). "Tweet". Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- "Austlit — The Ilex Tree by Geoffrey Lehmann and Les Murray". Austlit. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- "Austlit — Nero's Poems by Geoffrey Lehmann". Austlit. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- "Austlit — Collected Poems by Geoffrey Lehmann". Austlit. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ""Prime MInister's Literary Awards — Shortlist and winners: 2021 - 2008"". Creative Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2023.