Background
Rodriguez, Judith Catherine was born on February 13, 1936 in Perth, Australia. Daughter of Gerald and Dora (Spigl) Green.
writing and literature educator poet
Rodriguez, Judith Catherine was born on February 13, 1936 in Perth, Australia. Daughter of Gerald and Dora (Spigl) Green.
Bachelor with honors, University Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1958. Bachelor with honors, Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1966. Postgraduate certified of education, University London, 1968.
Lecturer English, U. Queensland, Brisbane, 1959-1960;
lecturer English, University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, 1963-1965;
lecturer English, St. Mary's College, Twickenham, England, 1966-1968;
lecturer English, La Trobe U., Melbourne, Australia, 1969-1977;
senior lecturer, La Trobe U., Melbourne, Australia, 1977-1985;
lecturer literature, MacArthur Institute of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 1987;
senior lecturer writing, Deakin U., Melbourne, since 1989. Author: (poetry) A Question of Ignorance, 1962, Water Life, 1976 (South Australian Government prize for poetry 1978), Mudcrab at Gambaro's, 1980 (International Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/Peter Stuyvesant prize for poetry 1981), Witch Heart, 1982, The House by Water: New and Selected Poems, 1988 (Feminist Fortnight Favorite 1989), (libretto) Lindy, 1992. Translator: (with Jairo Dario Vanegas Toro) Your Good Colombian Friend, 1995.
Editor, compiler: Mistress Noah and the Minoan Queen, 1983, Swedish Poets in Translation, 1985, Poems Selected from The Australian's Twentieth AnniversaryCompetition, 1985, I sogni cantano l'alba: Poesia australiana contemporanea 1946-1988, 1988, Bridging the distance: Literature and Libraries: The New South Wales Collection, 1988, Jennifer Rankin: Collected Poems, 1990. Poetry editor: Meanjin Quarterly, 1979-1982. Poetry series editor: Penguin Books Australia, Ltd., since 1989.
Board directors Verandah magazine, since 1991, Overland Quarterly, since 1993, Mattoid Quarterly, since 1994. Writer-in-residenceRollins College, Florida, 1986, Curtin U., West Australia, 1986, Royal Melbourne Institute Technology and Ormond College, 1988-1989.
Member Order of Australia, Australian Society Authors (member committee management 84-85, 90—), Melbourne Center International Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association (executive committee member since 1989, international board since 2001), Victorian Writer's Center (life, committee member, chair 1993-1996, matron 1997-2003), Association for Study of Australian Literature, Australian Literature Translators' Association (president 1997-2000).
Married Fabio Rodriguez, July 1, 1965 (divorced November 1981). Children: Sibila, Ensor, Rebeca, Zoë. Married Thomas William Shapcott, October 11, 1982.