Kerry Reed-Gilbert

Kerry Reed-Gilbert (24 October 1956 – 13 July 2019) was an Australian poet, author, collector, editor, educator, a champion of Indigenous writers and an Aboriginal rights activist. She was a Wiradjuri woman.

Early life

Born on 24 October 1956 in central New South Wales,^[1] Reed-Gilbert was orphaned at three months old when her father Kevin Gilbert murdered her mother Gomah Gilbert (née Scott). Reed-Gilbert was raised by her father's sister, whom Reed-Gilbert called "Mummy", and she became the youngest of eight children.^{[citation needed]}

Reed-Gilbert was a Wiradjuri woman^[1] and her childhood memoirs are published in The Cherry Picker's Daughter: A childhood memoir.^[2]^[3]

Career

Reed-Gilbert wrote poetry and prose and was actively involved in writers groups and publishing the work of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander^[4] and Māori writers.^[5]

She was the co-founder and inaugural Chairperson of the First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN).^[1]^[6] She was also a member of the Aboriginal Studies Press Advisory Committee.^[1] Reed-Gilbert was instrumental in strengthening the governance of Us Mob Writing group to where she was a member and the chairperson.

Awards

2003: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board fellowship for poetry and writing at Omi International Arts Center in New York.^[1]

2006: ‘Outstanding Achievement in Poetry’ and ‘Poet of Merit’ Award from the International Society of Poets.^[6]^[1]

Other activities

Reed-Gilbert collected Aboriginalia, a variety of prints, figurines, plates, ashtrays, badges, and velvet paintings of Aboriginal people or featuring Aboriginal motifs.^[7] In 2016 this collection was acquired by AIATSIS.^[8]

She presented an episode of the 2013 documentary television series Desperate Measures, about her father, activist and writer Kevin Gilbert.^[9]

Death and legacy

Reed-Gilbert died on 13 July 2019 in Canberra.^[1] She was survived by her two daughters, Lesa and Melanie, her grandchildren Jirrima, Yarran, Tenisha, Kaylarnie and Yullara and her great-grandchildren.^[6]^[10]

In 2020 the Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature was created by Overland literary journal in memory of Reed-Gilbert.^[11]^[12]

Works

Reed-Gilbert's poetry was translated into Dutch, French, Bengali and Korean.^[1]^[6]^[13] Reed-Gilbert edited a number of anthologies of poetry and prose.^[14]

Reed-Gilbert, Kerry (1996), Black woman, black life, Wakefield Press, ISBN 978-1-86254-392-8
Reed-Gilbert, Kerry, ed. (November 2017), A pocketful of leadership in First Nations Australia communities (Third ed.), KLaS (published 2018), ISBN 978-0-9925598-1-6
Bedford, Michelle; Delian, Lyndy; Dries, Jenny; Faulkner, Samantha; Fuller, Lisa; Graham, Joyce; Leane, Jeanine; Martiniello, Jennifer A. (Jennifer Avriel), 1949–; Miller, Elizabeth; Reed-Gilbert, Kerry; Seiver, Beverley; Weston, Richard, b. 1938; Us Mob Writing (2013), By close of business, Us Mob Writing, ISBN 978-0-9923136-0-9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Blank, Anton; Reed-Gilbert, Kerry, eds. (2013), Ora nui : special edition : a collection of Maori and Aboriginal literature (Special ed.), Anton Blank, ISBN 978-0-473-26137-5
Reed-Gilbert, Kerry (2002), Talkin about country, Kuracca Communications, ISBN 978-0-9580588-0-3
Reed-Gilbert, Kerry (2019), Cherry picker's daughter : a childhood memoir, WILD DINGO PRESS, ISBN 978-1-925893-09-0^[3]
Reed-Gilbert, Kerry (2018), 'The Little Town on the Railway Track', Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia, Black Inc, ISBN 9781863959810

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Kerry Reed-Gilbert". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "The Cherry Picker's Daughter". www.newsouthbooks.com.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "The Cherry Picker's Daughter (Melissa Lucashenko)". Verity La. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ Faulkner, Samantha; Reed-Gilbert, Kerry, eds. (2018), Pamle : Torres Strait Islanders in Canberra, Samantha Faulkner, ISBN 978-0-9925598-4-7
^ "Us Mob: Launch of Too Deadly and ACT Leadership Book". ACT Writers Centre. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Working with Words: Kerry Reed-Gilbert". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "A response to 'Aboriginalia and the politics of Aboriginal kitsch'". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Reading Room Display: The Kerry Reed-Gilbert collection". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Kevin Gilbert (2013) - The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ "VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 12: Aunty Kerry Reed-Gilbert". Verity La. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature | Overland literary journal". Overland Literary Journal. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ "Overland creates new prize in honour of Reed-Gilbert". Books+Publishing. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ Reed-Gilbert, Kerry (2014), Kerry Reed-Gilbert interviewed by Mary Hutchison in the Centenary of Canberra oral history project, Hutchison, Mary (Interviewer), retrieved 20 January 2023
^ "States of Poetry 2017 – ACT – About Kerry Reed-Gilbert". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[austlit-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Kerry Reed-Gilbert". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[cherrypicker-2] "The Cherry Picker's Daughter". www.newsouthbooks.com.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[:0-3] "The Cherry Picker's Daughter (Melissa Lucashenko)". Verity La. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[4] Faulkner, Samantha; Reed-Gilbert, Kerry, eds. (2018), Pamle : Torres Strait Islanders in Canberra, Samantha Faulkner, ISBN 978-0-9925598-4-7

[ACT_Writers_Centre-5] "Us Mob: Launch of Too Deadly and ACT Leadership Book". ACT Writers Centre. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[wheeler-6] "Working with Words: Kerry Reed-Gilbert". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[7] "A response to 'Aboriginalia and the politics of Aboriginal kitsch'". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[AIATSIS-8] "Reading Room Display: The Kerry Reed-Gilbert collection". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[dm-9] "Kevin Gilbert (2013) - The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[podcast-10] "VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 12: Aunty Kerry Reed-Gilbert". Verity La. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[11] "Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature | Overland literary journal". Overland Literary Journal. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

[12] "Overland creates new prize in honour of Reed-Gilbert". Books+Publishing. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

[13] Reed-Gilbert, Kerry (2014), Kerry Reed-Gilbert interviewed by Mary Hutchison in the Centenary of Canberra oral history project, Hutchison, Mary (Interviewer), retrieved 20 January 2023

[austbook-14] "States of Poetry 2017 – ACT – About Kerry Reed-Gilbert". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

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Kerry Reed-Gilbert

Early life

Career

Awards

Other activities

Death and legacy

Works

References

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