birth_date: 1954-03-26 00:00:00
avg_rating: 3.85
name: Dorothy Porter
about: Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. Eminent Australian poet. A rare proponent of the verse novel. Winner of The Age Book of the Year for poetry, and the National Book Council Award, for her verse novel The Monkey's Mask. She was awarded the Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry in 2001. Died of breast cancer, 2008. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. Eminent Australian poet. A rare proponent of the verse novel. Winner of The Age Book of the Year for poetry, and the National Book Council Award, for her verse novel The Monkey's Mask. She was awarded the Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry in 2001. Died of breast cancer, 2008. ...more
death_date: 2008-12-10 00:00:00