Dipti Saravanamuttu
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Dipti Saravanamuttu is a contemporary Sri Lanka
n-Australian poet
and academic.
Dipti Saravanamuttu was born in Sri Lanka
and arrived in Australia
with her family in 1972. After studying English at Sydney University, apart from writing, she has worked as a journalist, a scriptwriter and has taught at the University of London
.
The subject matter of her poetry ranges from everyday conversation to literary theory with some emphasis on issues of social justice. Her collection The Colosseum won the Age Book of the Year
Dinny O'Hearn award for Poetry in 2005.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n-Australian poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and academic.
Dipti Saravanamuttu was born in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
and arrived in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
with her family in 1972. After studying English at Sydney University, apart from writing, she has worked as a journalist, a scriptwriter and has taught at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
.
The subject matter of her poetry ranges from everyday conversation to literary theory with some emphasis on issues of social justice. Her collection The Colosseum won the Age Book of the Year
The Age Book of the Year
The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival...
Dinny O'Hearn award for Poetry in 2005.
External links
- 4 poems
- Anatolian Sonata
- For Eastern Europe
- The Festival
- Review of The Colosseum from Famous Reporter