Judith Wright

This article is about the Australian poet. For other people, see Judith Wright (disambiguation).

Judith Arundell Wright
Born
Judith Arundell Wright

(1915-05-31)31 May 1915
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Died25 June 2000(2000-06-25) (aged 85)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupations
  • Poet
  • author
  • environmentalist
  • activist
SpouseJack McKinney
Children1
AwardsQueen's Gold Medal for Poetry (1991), Australian National Living Treasure Award (1998)

Judith Arundell Wright (31 May 1915 – 25 June 2000) was an Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights.[1] She was a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, 1965 and 1967.[2]

  1. ^ Petri Liukkonen. "Judith Wright 1915-200". litweb.net. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Nomination archive – Judith Wright nobelprize.org