Background
Jennifer Maiden was born on April 7, 1949 in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
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Jennifer Maiden was born on April 7, 1949 in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
Jennifer graduated from Macquarie University with a B.A. in 1974.
Jennifer was a fellow of Australian Writers, and University of Western Sydney, from 1976 to 1991. She was a writer-in-residence in the Australian National University, Canberra, New South Wales, State Torture and Trauma Rehabilitation Unit, and University of Western Sydney, all in 1989.
Among Jennifer Maiden's many awards are three Kenneth Slessor Prizes for Poetry, two C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, the overall Victorian Prize for Literature, the Harri Jones Memorial Prize, the H.M. Butterly-F.Earle Hooper Award(University of Sydney), the Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival Prize, the FAW Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry, two The Melbourne Age Poetry Book of the Year awards, the overall Melbourne Age Book of the Year and the ALS Gold Medal. She has been awarded several Fellowships by the Australia Council.
Jennifer married David Toohey, in 1984. They have a daughter, Katharine Margot Toohey.
