Andrew Burke (poet)


Andrew Burke is a contemporary Australian poet.
Early in his working life, Burke pursued a career in advertising as a copywriter and creative director.
In the 1970s he had received prizes - the Thomas Wardle poetry prize of 1973, and 1977 the Tom Collins poetry prize.
He switched to academia as a literature and creative writing lecturer in middle age. He received a MA in writing from Edith Cowan University in 2002, and a PhD in writing in 2006.
He has lectured in Australia and China, and read his poetry to audiences of all ages in the United Kingdom, Singapore, China, and throughout Australia.
His poetry has been included in Western Australian and Australian anthologies.
Collections of his poems exist online and his blog includes poetry.

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