Adam Aitken
Adam Aitken was born in London and lives in Sydney. He spent his early childhood in Thailand and Malaysia. He has been a recipient of the Australia Council Paris Studio Residency, and was Visiting Distinguished Professor at the University of Hawai’i Manoa. He co-edited the Contemporary Asian Australian Poets anthology (Puncher & Wattmann). His memoir One Hundred Letters Home (Vagabond Press) was published in 2016 and was listed for the ALS Gold Medal. Archipelago was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry and the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards in 2018. He received the Patrick White Award in 2021. He teaches Creative Writing. His latest book is Revenants.
