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Australian poet
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Male
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30 October 1947
Death:
8 December 2002
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Gary Catalano (30 October 1947 – 8 December 2002) was an Australian poet and art critic.
Life
Calatano was born on 30 October 1947 in Brisbane. He married writer Helen Hewitt in 1990. He died on 8 December 2002 in Melbourne.
Assessment
Gary Catalano makes the most ordinary sights and soundsextraordinary. In "Wholemeal Loaf," he compares "even thelightest loaf" to "a lump of masonry from a demolition site."
Awards
- 1992 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry (with Kevin Hart)
- 1997 Australia Council's Keesing Studio in Paris residency
- 2002 Harold White Fellowship from the National Library in Canberra