Brett, Lily, 1946-
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Poet and novelist.
From the description of Lily Brett manuscript collection. 1969-1999. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225724686
Lily Brett was born in Germany and migrated to Melbourne, Australia with her parents in 1948. Max and Rose, Brett's parents, survived the Lodz ghetto and Auschwitz concentration camp during World War 2. Brett worked as a popular music journalist from the mid 1960s for Go-Set, travelled to America to cover the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, continued to the UK and then returned to Australia. Her first book The Auschwitz poems (1986) was awarded the Victorian Premier's Award for Poetry in 1987.
From the description of Papers of Lily Brett, [ca. 1946-2007] [manuscript]. [ca. 1946-2007] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271325542
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- Novelists, Australian
- Women authors, Australian
- Women poets, Australian
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