This new selection of Gwen Hardwood's work includes poems from The Present Tense, published shortly before her death in 1995, as well as poems not included in earlier editions of Selected Poems.
Gwendoline ‘Gwen’ Harwood was a poet and librettist who lived in Tasmania from 1945 to 1995.
She won numerous awards and prizes (including the Patrick White literary award), and her work is commonly studied in schools and university courses.
Gwen Harwood AO, née Gwendoline Nessie Foster, was an Australian poet and librettist. Gwen Harwood is regarded as one of Australia's finest poets, publishing over 420 works, including 386 poems and 13 librettos. She won numerous poetry awards and prizes. Her work is commonly studied in schools and university courses.
