Mags Webster, poétesse primée, décède à 61 ans

Mags Webster, poétesse, écrivaine et éditrice, est décédée à l’âge de 61 ans d’un cancer du pancréas. Elle était connue pour son travail publié dans des revues et anthologies en Australie, en Asie et aux États-Unis. Webster a également exercé les fonctions d’administratrice des arts, centrée sur les artistes des Premières Nations en Australie-Occidentale.

Mags Webster est décédée à 61 ans d’un cancer du pancréas. Originaire du Royaume-Uni, elle s’est installée à Perth, en Australie-Occidentale, en 2003. Elle y est devenue une figure importante de la scène littéraire, publiant deux recueils de poésie. nSon premier livre, The Weather of Tongues, a obtenu le prix Anne Elder en 2011, qui l’a reconnu comme le meilleur premier recueil de poésie publié en Australie cette année-là. Son second recueil, Nothing to Declare, a été retenu sur la liste restreinte des prix littéraires du Premier ministre en 2021. La poésie de Webster est apparue dans diverses revues et anthologies en Australie, en Asie et aux États-Unis. nAu-delà de l’écriture, Webster a travaillé comme administratrice des arts en collaboration avec des artistes des Premières Nations en Australie-Occidentale. Ses contributions ont souligné son engagement pour les initiatives culturelles et littéraires dans la région.

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