Antigone Kefala, 1986
Photo by John Tranter

Antigone Kefala: Contents page

Born in Romania of Greek parents, left Romania with family after the war, lived in Greece, New Zealand and since 1960 in Australia. Education in Romania, Greece and New Zealand. B.A., M.A., in French literature, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 1960. Has taught English as a second language, NSW Department of Education, 1961–1965; worked as an administrator, the University of NSW, 1966–67; as an arts administrator with the Australia Council for the Arts, 1971–87.

Publications

Books

Poetry

The Alien, Makar Press, 1973; Thirsty Weather Outback Press, 1978; European Notebook, Hale & Ironmonger, 1988; Absence — New and Selected Poems, Hale & Ironmonger, 1992; Second Edition, 1988: Nepritomnost — Absence, Czech-English Edition, Vydala Marie Chribkova, Prague, 1988; POEMS, Bilingual Edition, English-Greek, Owl Publishing, 2000.

Prose

The First Journey, Wild & Wooley, 1975; The Island, Hale & Ironmonger, 1984; Alexia, John Ferguson, 1984; Alexia, English-Greek Edition, Owl Publication, 1995; The Island, Trilingual Edition — English, French, Greek, Owl Publishing, 2002; Summer Visit, Three novellas, Giramondo Publishing Company, 2002.

In Anthologies

Hochzeit Der Elemente, Zeitgenossische Australische Dichtung, Dumont Publishers, Berlin, 2004 Heatwave, Penguin Australian Summer Stories,5, Penguin Books, 2003 The Oxford Book Of Modern Australian Verse, edited by Peter Porter, OUP, 1996 The Oxford Book Of Australian Women’S Verse, edited by Susan Lever, OUP, 1995 Two Centuries Of Australian Poetry, 2nd Edition, edited by Mark O’Conner, OUP, 1995 The Oxford Book Of Australian Short Stories, selected by Michael Wilding, OUP, 1994 The Penguin Book Of Australian Poetry, Edited by John Tranter and Philip Mead, Penguin Books Australia, 1991 Personal Best 2, Stories and Statements by Australian Writers, edited by Gary Shead, Angus & Robertson, 1991 Beyond The Echo, Multicultural Women’s Writings, edited by Sneja Gunew and Jan Mahynddin, UQP, 1998

Readings

LAF Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2003 LAHTI International Writer’s Reunion, Finland, 2003 Poesiefestival, Berlin, Germany, 2003 Sydney Writer’s Festival, 2003 The Tasmanian Readers and Writers Festival, Hobert, 2003 Prague Writers’ Festival, The Czech Republic, 1998 HEAT Reading, Fringe Festival, Sydney, 1996 Adelaide Festival, Writer’s Week, 1996 Word and Breath Festival, Darwin, 1995 Warana Writer’s Week, Brisbane, 1993 Greek Festival, NSW Writers’ Centre, 1993 ABC Radio National, 1992, 2004 Art Gallery of NSW, 1989 Canterbury University, ACLALS Conference, UK, 1989 The Voice Box, The South Bank Centre, London, UK, 1989 Bicentennial Conference Lincoln, UK, 1988 Melbourne Spoleto Writer’s Festival, 1988 Poetry Festival, Pengucapan Puisi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1986

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