Lucy Dougan

Lucy Dougan (born 1966) is an Australian poet who began publication in 1998.

Early life and education
Dougan was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1966.

In 2009, she completed her PhD thesis at the University of Western Australia in dual format ‘’On the Circumvesuviana’’ (poetry) and ‘’The Vesuvian Imaginary: The Woman's Journey to Naples in Three Texts’’ (dissertation). Her thesis formed the basis of her 2012 publication, On the Circumvesuviana.

Awards and recognition

 * Memory Shell won the 2000 Mary Gilmore Award for a First Book of Poetry at the ASAL Awards
 * White Clay won the 2006 Alec Bolton Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, ACT Poetry Prize
 * The Guardians was shortlisted for the 2015 Judith Wright Calanthe Award
 * The Guardians was shortlisted for the 2016 Victorian Premier's Awards: Prize for Poetry
 * The Guardians won the 2016 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards — Poetry