Rosemary Dobson Contents page
Rosemary Dobson (b.1920) was born in Sydney, attended Frensham Scool in Mittagong, and later worked for many years as an editor for Angus and Robertson, then Australia’s premier poetry publisher. Her first book of poems was In a Convex Mirror, 1944, and her second was Ship of Ice in 1948. She visited Europe for 1966 to 1971, and has lived in Canberra since 1972. Her work is often reflective and pictorial, and many of her poems are based upon paintings, particularly from the Renaissance. In 1979 she was awarded the Fellowship of Australian Writers award (then known as the Robert Frost award).
Material available on this site:
David McCooey: “Looking into the Landscape”: The Elegiac Art of Rosemary Dobson. [10 pages]
Rosemary Dobson in conversation with John Tranter, Deakin, Canberra, 8 December 2004. [15 pages]
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