Lesley Lebkowicz

Lesley Lebkowicz (born 1946) is an Australian poet and prose writer based in Canberra. She is also associated with the Insight Meditation movement and has written about her temporary ordination as a Buddhist nun.

Career

Lebkowicz has been active in the Canberra literary community for several decades. Her poetry and prose have appeared in public art projects across Canberra, including installations on buses and in the paving of the city as part of public arts initiatives.

She was shortlisted for the David Campbell Award for Poetry in 2006 and won the award in 2007. In 2013, she won the ACT Poetry Prize.

Lebkowicz was one of 100 notable Canberra writers included in the launch of the ACT Writers Showcase in 2012 to celebrate the centenary of Canberra.

Bma magazine commented that the work "turns history from dry events into ones as well-fleshed out".

The Rochford Street Review described the book as "an accomplished achievement, in which her detailed historical research, and her poetic and narrative skills blend to create a compelling evocation of a dramatic and significant period in post-war Australian political history".

The Petrov Poems was shortlisted for the 2014 ACT Book of the Year Award and won the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards in the Poetry Book category.