Jordie Albiston
- January 10, 2024
- Poet
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Jordie Albiston Biography
| Name | Jordie Albiston |
| Birthday | Sep 30 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | Melbourne |
| Home Town | Victoria |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
Jordie Albiston is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on September 30, 1961 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jordie Albiston (born 30 September 1961) is an eminent Australian poet and scholar.
Other composers who have set Albiston’s poems to music are Andrew Ford (NSW), Leonard Lehrman (New York), Barry McKimm (Melbourne), Raffaele Marcellino (Sydney), Rachel Merton (Brisbane), Peter Skoggard (Canada) and Kezia Yap (NSW). Albiston was picked as a finalist by The Age for its annual Top 100 list of “Melbourne’s most influential, inspirational and creative people” in 2010 and has been included in audiobooks on ABC Radio National [1] (A Pod of Poets, 2008) and Verity La (2019). Albiston was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award in 2019 for her “outstanding contribution to Australian literature” (Perpetual Trustees).
A collection of found poems based on the letters and postcards from WWI Victorian soldiers, Warlines was written on a State Library of Victoria Fellowship. In Australian Book Review, David McCooey refers to this work as a masterpiece. “Albiston reworks her source material into highly formal and stylised linguistic works. Warlines is – like her other collections – a technical tour de force”. This title was subsequently nominated in Australian Book Review 2018 Books of the Year.
Jack & Mollie (& Her) is a book-length poem comprising decasyllabic cinquains. Albiston has or had dogs with these names so it is likely the narrative is autobiographical. This title was twice nominated in Australian Book Review 2016 Books of the Year.
The Book of Ethel consists of “perfect square” rhymed stanzas that chart Albiston’s Cornish great grandmother. XIII Poems includes poems commissioned by Albiston composed between 2009 and 2013.
Jordie Albiston Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jordie Albiston is one of the richest Poet from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jordie Albiston 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Botany Bay Document was later transformed into a live performance named Dreaming Transportation by Andree Greenwell. In 2003, the work was presented in The Sydney Festival, and in 2004 it was staged at Sydney Opera House. Sydney Opera House featuring Deborah Conway. This ABC RN studio production of this production was awarded the Grand Prix Marulic (Croatia). Two decades after its initial appearance, Hannah Kent featured Botany Bay Document in her essay “Australia in Three Books” (Meanjin 2016).
In 2006, the biographical poem of Albiston The Hanging of Jean Lee was used as the basis for an opera by Andree Greenwell. It featured Max Sharam, it was first performed at The Studio at the Sydney Opera House, The Studio. The libretto for this opera was later chosen in the Australian Premier’s Award in the category of Best Music Theatre Script, and the production was revived in Melbourne in 2013.
Albiston’s sixth collection, the sonnet according to ‘m’, won the 2010 NSW Premier’s Prize, and received runner-up in the Chief Minister’s Award (ACT).
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