Sarah Day
Australian poet
Sarah Day (born 1958) is an English-born Australian poet and teacher. She was also the poetry editor of Island Magazine for several years.
Biography
Sarah E Day was born in Lancashire, England, in 1958 and grew up in Hobart, Tasmania. She lives today with her husband and two daughters in Hobart. After obtaining a degree from University of Melbourne, she then taught English at Devonport and Hobart school. Along with the subject she and taught creative writing at a college level. She was also one of the head members of the Literature Fund of the Australian Council, along with becoming the poetry editor at Island Magazine for many years. Day had started her poem publishing journey in the early 1980s, her pieces are featured in the Westerly, Quadrant and Island Magazine routinely. Since her first novel, she has six other collections, along with a volume of New and Selected Poems.
In 2002, Days' New and Selected Poems was published by Arc in the UK, being the same place where it received Special Commendation by the Poetry Book Society.
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