Background
Born in Sydney (1978), Savige grew up in Queensland, on Bribie Island and in Brisbane, boarding at Street Joseph"s College, Nudgee.
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Latecomers
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Winner of the prestigious Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, Jaya Savige’s latecomers is a first collection of poems by one of Australia’s most exciting young poets. Lively, playful, and always intelligent, Savige’s poems show an awareness of place, of the inescapability of history, and a personal commitment to the precision of language. The poems in latecomers go beyond what we take for granted these days in a first collection: refinement of language and cadence, allusiveness, wit. Moving easily through abstract wonders and the streets of the inner city, they return for nourishment to family and the Island’ Bribie, its fishing-life and beaches as a test always of what is native and endures’ DAVID MALOUF
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Jaya Savige
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In 2006 he completed an Master of Philosophy under the supervision of Bronwyn Lea.
Career
From 2006 to 2011, he was poetry editor of the Australian Literary Review, the literary supplement to The Australian newspaper. Since 2010, he has been Poetry Editor for The Australian. Savige is currently a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge, Christ"s College.
His second collection of poems, Surface to Air, was published in late 2011.
Achievements
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The Age Poetry Book of the Year, 2012, shortlisted for "Surface to Air" West Australian Premier"s Poetry Prize, 2012, shortlisted for "Surface to Air" Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Gold Medal, 2012, longlisted for "Surface to Air" NSW Premier"s Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2006, winner for Latecomers Dame Mary Gilmore Prize, 2006, highly commended for Latecomers Judith Wright Calanthe Award for poetry, 2006, shortlisted for Latecomers , 2006, shortlisted for Latecomers Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, 2004, winner for Latecomers Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award, 2003, winner for Skirmish Point.
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Latecomers
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Judith Wright Prize Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry; University Medal; Mary Gilmore Prize; Judith Wright Calanthe Award; Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize The Age Poetry Book of the Year, 2012, shortlisted for "Surface to Air" West Australian Premier's Poetry Prize, 2012, shortlisted for "Surface to Air" ALS Gold Medal, 2012, longlisted for "Surface to Air" NSW Premier's Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2006, winner for Latecomers Dame Mary Gilmore Prize, 2006, highly commended for Latecomers Judith Wright Calanthe Award for poetry, 2006, shortlisted for Latecomers , 2006, shortlisted for Latecomers Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, 2004, winner for Latecomers Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award, 2003, winner for Skirmish PointJudith Wright Prize Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry; University Medal; Mary Gilmore Prize; Judith Wright Calanthe Award; Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize The Age Poetry Book of the Year, 2012, shortlisted for "Surface to Air" West Australian Premier's Poetry Prize, 2012, shortlisted for "Surface to Air" ALS Gold Medal, 2012, longlisted for "Surface to Air" NSW Premier's Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2006, winner for Latecomers Dame Mary Gilmore Prize, 2006, highly commended for Latecomers Judith Wright Calanthe Award for poetry, 2006, shortlisted for Latecomers , 2006, shortlisted for Latecomers Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, 2004, winner for Latecomers Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award, 2003, winner for Skirmish Point