AUTHOR PROFILE

Biography

David Brooks served as overseas editor for New Poetry from 1975 to 1980 while attending the University of Toronto. His first collection of poetry, The Cold Front (1983), was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Prize and won the Anne Elder Award. His first collection of short fiction, The Book of Sei, was released in 1985. His acclaimed first novel, The House of Balthus, was released in 1995 and shortlisted for the National Book Award. His second, The Fern Tattoo, was shortlisted for the 2008 Miles Franklin Literary and Colin Roderick awards. Returning to poetry in 2005 after 22 years, he has gone on to publish the collections Walking to Point Clear (shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Prize), Urban Elegies, and The Balcony.

A photographer, vegan and animal rights activist, he spends time annually in a village in Istria with his wife, Slovenian photographer and translator Teja Pribac. For the rest of his time he co-edits Southerly, teaches Australian Literature and directs the graduate writing program at the University of Sydney. He recently published The Golden Boat, selected poems of Srecko Kosovel (‘the Slovenian Rimbaud’), which were translated with Bert Pribac. [updated 3rd Feb. 2009]|

Bibliography

Urban Elegies
Walking to Point Clear
The Fern Tattoo
The Double Looking Glass: New and Classic Essays on A.D.Hope
The House of Balthus
The Black Sea
The Book of Sei
The Cold Front