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Jena Woodhouse
Born1949 (age 75–76)
Rockhampton, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
Queensland University of Technology
Occupation(s)Novelist and poet

Jena Woodhouse (born 1949) is a Brisbane-based Australian novelist and poet.

Career

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Born Jennifer May Spurway, in Rockhampton, Australia, in 1949,[1] Woodhouse is a graduate of the University of Queensland obtaining a B.A. Hons degree in Russian language and literature. Later, Woodhouse completed an M.A. in creative writing at Queensland University of Technology. AustLit lists 562 published works by Woodhouse[2] that include the domestic fiction Farming Ghosts (2009),[3] and the short story collection Dreams of Flight (2014).[4]

Woodhouse's published poetry collections include Eros in Landscape (1989),[5] Passenger on a Ferry (1994)[6] and Green Dance: Tamborine Mountain Poems (2018).[7]

Woodhouse's poetry has been recognised both in Australia and internationally. Among Woodhouse's awards is a High Commendation for "The Termitary" in the 2007 Fellowship of Australian Writers Tom Collins Poetry Prize (Western Australia)[8] and second place for "Galahs near Booranga" in the 2017 Henry Kendall Poetry Award (Victoria).[9] Woodhouse has been shortlisted three times for the Montreal International Poetry Prize for A Bird and the River (2013),[10] Evening Stroll by the Canal (2015),[11] and more recently for Lament for a Daughter (2020).[12]

Woodhouse's poems have also been set to music. Woodhouse's poem sequence "The River" formed the basis of Betty Beath’s song cycle River Songs (1991) for soprano[13] and her poems "Turquoise Lullaby", "Every Shadow" and "When Evie Dances" (2018) forms the text for Beath's song cycle Evie Dances for mezzo-soprano.[14] Woodhouse's poem "The She Wolf" is the text of one of five songs in Beath's song cycle Points in a Journey (1987) for soprano.[15]

Prose

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  • Jena Woodhouse (1993), Metis, The Octopus and the Olive Tree, Nundah: Jam Roll Press.
  • Christina Houen and Jena Woodhouse (eds) (2006), Hidden Desires: Australian Women Writing, Ginninderra Press.
  • Jena Woodhouse (2009), Farming Ghosts, Port Adelaide: Ginninderra Press.

Poetry

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  • Jena Woodhouse, Larisa Chen (illustrator) (1989), Eros in Landscape, Brisbane: Jacaranda Press.
  • Jena Woodhouse (1994), Passenger on a Ferry, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press.
  • Jena Woodhouse (2018), Green Dance: Tamborine Mountain Poems Calanthe Press.

References

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  1. ^ "Jena Woodhouse (b. 1949)", The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature.
  2. ^ Austlit. "Jena Woodhouse | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. ^ Woodhouse, Jena (2009). Farming ghosts. Port Adelaide, S.A: Ginninderra Press. ISBN 978-1-74027-556-9.
  4. ^ Woodhouse, Jena (2014). Dreams of flight. Port Adelaide, SA: Ginninderra Press. ISBN 978-1-74027-726-6. OCLC 878935878.
  5. ^ Woodhouse, Jena (1989). Eros in landscape. Jacaranda poets series. Milton, Qld: Jacaranda. ISBN 978-0-7016-2640-2.
  6. ^ Woodhouse, Jena (1994). Passenger on a ferry. St. Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-7022-2642-7.
  7. ^ "Green Dance: Tamborine Mountain Poems". StylusLit. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Jena Woodhouse - Griffith Review". test.griffithreview.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Henry Kendall Poetry Award 2017 Winners". Central Coast Poets Inc. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  10. ^ "A Bird and the River by Jena Woodhouse". Montreal International Poetry Prize. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Evening Stroll by the Canal by Jena Woodhouse". Montreal International Poetry Prize. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Lament for a Daughter". Montreal International Poetry Prize. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  13. ^ Beath, Betty; Woodhouse, Jena (2007). River songs: a cycle for soprano voice and piano. Wollongong, N.S.W: Publications by Wirripang.
  14. ^ "Evie Dances: A cycle of three songs for voice and piano by Betty Beath". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  15. ^ Beath, Betty (1996). The she-wolf: piano solo. Sydney, N.S.W: Australian Music Centre.
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