Judith Wright is considered an Australian national treasure, revered for her poems that explore the complexity of Australia’s history, especially the violence that has been perpetrated against Aboriginal Australians and the damage that has been done to the natural landscape during the colonization of the continent by Europeans.
Born on May 31, 1915, in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, to a wealthy family that helped to settle the land, Wright spent much of her life and career reconciling her heritage with her passion for activism. One of only two Australian poets considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Wright began publishing her poetry in magazines in 1945 and continued...
