Katherine Gallagher

Katherine Gallagher (born 7 September 1935) is an Australian poet resident in London. Translations of her poems have appeared in French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Romanian and Serbo-Croat. Gallagher translated from French to English Jean-Jacques Celly's poems in The Sleepwalker with Eyes of Clay.

Awards

 * 1978, Australian Literature Board Fellowship.
 * 1981, Brisbane Warana Prize.
 * 1986, nomination of "Passengers to the City" for the John Bray National Poetry Award.
 * 2000, Royal Literary Fund award.
 * 2008, London Society of Authors' Foundation award.

Career

 * Writer in Residence at Railway Fields Nature Reserve, Harringay, in 2002.
 * Writers Inc/Blue Nose Poets' Education Officer until 2008. In 2004/2005 this included coordinating the Young Writer's Mentorship Project funded by the Arts Council.
 * Poet in Residence for Havering Council's third annual Parks and Arts Healthy Lifestyle Walk in Hornchurch Country Park on 17 July 2006.
 * Founder of the Poetry Society Stanza Group (London North), started in March 2007.