Philip Stirling Mead

Background

Philip Stirling Mead was born on August 31, 1953 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Education

Philip graduated from Australian National University with a B.A. in 1975. Then he obtained his M.A. from La Trobe University in 1981. In 1990 he received a Ph.D. from Melbourne University.

Career

Philip worked for the University of Melbourne, Lockie as a lecturer in Australian Writing from 1987 to 1995. Since 1995 he worked at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, as senior lecturer in English. Mead is a founder of Canberra Poetry (with Alan Gould, David Brooks, and Mark O’Connor).

Achievements

• Philip is best known for his poetry "Songs from Another Country".

Works

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  • This River Is in the South

Connections

Philip married Jenna Mead in 1974 and has a daughter.

Spouse:

Jenna Mead