- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE6330
Brett, Lily
(1946 – )- Occupation Author, Novelist, Poet
Summary
Lily Brett’s family migrated to Melbourne in 1948 after her parents, Max and Rose, survived the Holocaust. During the 1960s Lily wrote for the rock magazine Go-Set and in 1989 she moved to New York.
Lily has published seven novels, eight volumes of poetry and four collections of essays. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Victorian Premier’s Award for Poetry in 1987 for The Auschwitz poems (1986).
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
- Academy Library, UNSW Canberra
- National Library of Australia