Samuel Wagan Watson

Samuel Wagan Watson is an Aboriginal Australian poet, born in 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland. He completed secondary studies in Morayfield State High School. He has written articles for various publications and media. His books include Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight (1999) which won the Queensland toon meer Premier's Literary Awards, David Unaipon Award for Emerging Indigenous Writers; Itinerant Blues (2002); Hotel Bone (2001); Smoke Encrypted Whispers (2004) which won the 2005 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry Book of the Year; and Three legged dogs, and other poems (2005). He won the 2016 Scanlon Award for Indigenous Poetry for his collection, Love Poems and Death Threats (2015). (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder