Judith Bishop

Judith Bishop (born 1972) is an Australian poet, linguist and translator.

Biography Judith Bishop was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1972. She holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, an MFA in Writing from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Melbourne. In 1994 she received the Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship for postgraduate study in the United Kingdom. Her MPhil thesis at Cambridge treated the poetry of Yves Bonnefoy.

In addition to her own work, Bishop has an interest in translating French poets, and has published translations of Philippe Jaccottet, René Char and Gérard Macé.

Published works Circadia (UQP, June, 2024) Here Hear (Life Before Man, 2022) Interval (UQP, February 2018) Event (Salt Publishing, 2007) Aftermarks (Vagabond Press, 2012) Alice Missing in Wonderland and other poems (Picaro Press, 2008)

Awards

Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, 2002–2004 Association for the Study of Australian Literature's Mary Gilmore Prize, 2008, shortlisted for Event Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry, 2007, shortlisted for Event Peter Porter Poetry Prize, winner for "Still Life with Cockles and Shells" 2006, co-winner for "Openings" 2011 Melbourne Prize for Literature Best Writing Award, finalist for Interval, 2018 Melbourne Prize for Literature The Writers Prize finalist, 2024 Melbourne Prize for Literature Civic Choice Award winner, 2024