Philip Hodgins
Philip Hodgins
Philip Hodgins (1959–1995) was an Australian poet. His works include the multi-award-winning Blood and Bone (1986) and the NBC Banjo-winning Things Happen (1995). In 1986, he was awarded the Lesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry; in 1988, he was awarded the Grace Perry Memorial Award. The Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal is given each year to a consistently outstanding Australian writer as part of the Mildura Writers’ Festival and recipients include Helen Garner, David Malouf, Frank Moorhouse, Gail Jones, Sonya Hartnett, Luke Davies, Clive James, Carmel Bird and Kate Jennings.
