Lesley Lebkowicz

Lesley Lebkowicz (born 1946) is an Australian poet.

Lesley Lebkowicz
Born	1946 Canberra
Occupation	Writer

Lesley Lebkowicz is a Canberra-based writer of poetry and prose. She recently won the 2013 ACT poetry prize,^[1] and is currently working on an essay detailing her temporary ordination as a Buddhist nun. Each year, she spends several months in Nepal, and is the current leader of the Canberra Insight Meditation Group.

Her work has appeared on buses and is featured in the paving of Canberra city as part of a public art program. She was shortlisted for the David Campbell award for poetry in 2006, and went on to win it in 2007.^[2] Lesley was one of a hundred notable Canberra writers included in the launch of the ACT Writers Showcase in 2012 to celebrate the centenary of Canberra ^[2]

Her book The Petrov Poems (2013), about Vladimir Petrov, was reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald, about a "harrowing previous life in Russia" which is "sketched with terse effect."^[3] The Bma magazine said it "turns history from dry events into ones as well-fleshed out"^[4] The Rochford Street Review said "is an accomplished achievement, in which her detailed historical research, and her poetic and narrative skills blend to create a compelling evocation of a dramatic and significant period in post-war Australian political history."^[5] The book was shortlisted for the 2014 ACT Book of the Year Award and won the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards: Poetry Book Category.

Bibliography

• Fowler, Lesley (2001). Washing my mother’s hair. Charnwood, ACT: Mockingbird.
• Fowler, Lesley (2001). Crossing the sky. Wollongong, NSW: Five Islands Press.
• The way things really are : book IV of the Sutta-Nipata. Translated by Lesley Fowler Lebkowicz; Tamara Ditrich; Primoz Pecenko. Buddhist Education Foundation. 2006.
• Lebkowicz, Lesley (2013). The Petrov Poems. Sydney: Pitt Street Poetry.

Essays and reporting

• Lebkowicz, Lesley (December 2014). "Writing The Petrov poems". The National Library of Australia Magazine. 6 (4): 20–23.

References

1. "Article on 2013 ACT poetry prize". Archived from the original on 8 February 2014.
2. "Lesley's ACT writers showcase page". Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
3. Peter Pierce (31 August 2013). "Russian spies and vivid musings". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
4. P. S. Cottier (13 August 2013). "Literature in review". Bma magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
5. Joanne Burns (12 September 2012). "Oscillations, Tensions and Drama: joanne burns launches 'The Petrov Poems' by Lesley Lebkowicz". Rochford Street Review. Retrieved 16 September 2013.