Peter Boyle (poet)
Peter Boyle, is an Australian poet and translator. Peter lived in Mosman, Sydney with his family, he is the second of 9 children. 7 boys and 2 girls.
He has published nine collections of poetry, including The Blue Cloud of Crying and Coming Home From the World.
Boyle has also published translations of Federico García Lorca, Luis Cernuda, Eugenio Montejo, César Vallejo, Pierre Reverdy, and others.Awards
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2020
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2017
- ALS Gold Medal, shortlisted 2017 for Ghostspeaking
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry, 2005: shortlisted for Museum of Space
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Translation Prize and PEN Medallion, 2004: shortlisted
- Festival Awards for Literature, John Bray Award for Poetry, 1998: winner for The Blue Cloud of Crying
- NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize, 1997: winner for The Blue Cloud of Crying
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 1995: winner for Coming Home from the World
- NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize, 1995: joint winner for Coming Home from the World
- Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry, 1992: winner for Coming Home from the World
