Biography
Grant Caldwell was born in Melbourne in 1947. He completed an economics degree at the Unversity of Melbourne in 1970 and for some time after living in Europe in the early 70s he devoted his time to writing. He has been teaching Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne since 1995. His creative work, poetry, stories and extended narratives, have been published widely in Australia since the early 70s, as well as in Canada, Columbia, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, U.S.A. He has had seven books published, five collections of poetry, a novel and a collection of short stories. His work has been translated into Bengali, Japanese, Spanish and Arabic. He has received two Australia Council Established Writer Fellowships, and two Arts Victoria Grants. His books have been nominated for the Age Book of the Year Award, and a Human Rights Award. He became the Managing Editor of the Australian Poetry Centre's national poetry journal (refereed) Blue Dog in the latter half of 2007; he is an inaugural board member of the Australian Poetry Centre, and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Bid, 2007, and the Steering Committee for the Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas. He was born in Melbourne, and has lived in London, Morocco, Ibiza and Sydney. He completed an MA in Creative Writing in 2004 and is currently completing a doctorate in Creative Writing at Deakin University (part-time, begun 2005). He has published articles in journals in Austrlalia, Canada, Japan and India. The Japanese article was translated and published in English and Japanese. He has represented Australia at intrernational poetry festivals in Columbia, New Zealand and Japan.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
International Linkages
Languages
Languages
| Language |
Proficiency |
| English |
Speak, Read & Write |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Bachelor of Commerce |
University of Melbourne |
31-Dec-1970 |
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| Master of Creative Writing |
University of Melbourne |
07-May-2004 |
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| Trained Secondary Teaching Certificate |
University of Melbourne |
31-Dec-1971 |
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Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Member |
Victorian Writers Centre |
Subscriber |
31-Jan-1993 |
|
| Associate |
Australian Poetry Centre |
Board member |
31-Jan-2007 |
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Other Awards
| Award Type |
Awarding Body |
Comments |
Date Awarded |
| Other (Award) |
Self Organised Residency (Australia Council for the Arts) |
Writer-in-residence Heinrich Boll Cottage, Achill Island, Ireland (four weeks) |
30-Oct-2007 |
| Other (Award) |
Fellowship (A) Australia Council for the Arts |
Literature Fellowship Category A (Established Writers) |
30-Nov-1994 |
| Other (Award) |
Fellowship (B) Australia Council for the Arts |
Literature Fellowship Category B (Established Writers) |
30-Nov-1992 |
| Other (Award) |
Heinrich Boll Artist in Residence Award (Ireland) |
|
30-Oct-2007 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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