Jean Kent
Jean Kent has published seven full-length poetry collections. Her most recent book is Paris Light: A Personal ‘Plan de Paris’ (Pitt Street Poetry, 2024).
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Jean Kent
Jean Kent has published seven full-length poetry collections. Her most recent books are The Shadow Box (Pitt Street Poetry, 2023) and Paris Light: A Personal ‘Plan de Paris’ (Pitt Street Poetry, 2024), a selection of her poems from two Australia Council residencies in Paris, with artwork by her husband Martin. Her awards include the Anne Elder, Dame Mary Gilmore and Wesley Michel Wright Prizes for books and the National Library, Josephine Ulrick, Somerset and Dorothy Porter Prizes for individual poems. She has also worked as an educational psychologist, counsellor in TAFE colleges and teacher of creative writing. With Kit Kelen, she edited A Slow Combusting Hymn: Poetry from and about Newcastle and the Hunter Region. She lives with views of bush and water at Lake Macquarie.
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