Sad news, indeed, Alison. And far too young & active.
Doug
On 9-Dec-08, at 5:34 PM, Alison Croggon wrote:
> From my agent:
>
> Dorothy Porter died in Melbourne this morning from complications due
> to cancer. She was 54.
>
> A writer at the height of her powers, Dorothy's most recent
> publication was EL DORADO, her fifth verse novel. It was shortlisted
> for the Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize (Age Book of the Year Award), the
> Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, the Prime Minister's Literary
> Award for fiction, and Best Fiction in the Ned Kelly Awards and the
> Australian Book Review described it thus: …this mature and
> accomplished work…puts her at the top of the distinguished class of
> contemporary Australian poets when it comes to livres composés.
>
> 4 months ago Dot was diagnosed with metastasized breast cancer. She
> has been in treatment since. She was very positive - and wanted to
> keep
> this to herself as she was sure she would defeat it. Unfortunately
> there have been complications and she was admitted to hospital 2 weeks
> ago and ICU 10 days ago.
>
> Dorothy was the most passionate of people who gave her all to
> everything she engaged with. We cannot imagine the world without her.
>
> The funeral will be at the Boyd Chapel, 3rd Avenue, Springvale
> Botanical Cemetery at 1.15pm this coming Sunday. No flowers Please.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Caleb Cluff <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>> That's terrible. A genuine loss.
>>
>> Caleb
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Alison Croggon
>> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>>
>>> I just heard the sad news that Dorothy Porter died last night.
>>>
>>> I knew she was ill, but I didn't realise how seriously. She'll be
>>> much
>>> missed; she was a top woman.
>>>
>>> A
>>>
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>>> Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
>>>
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>
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>
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>
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