Bella Li

Bella Li was born in northeastern China in 1883. Her parents immigrated to Australia in 1986. She is a graduate of the University of Melbourne with a double degree in arts (majoring in English Literature) and law. Her career includes research assistant, judge's associate, proofreader and editor. toon meer Currently, she is the managing co-editor at Five Islands Press and a guest editor of Cordite Poetry Review. Her poems have been published in such journals as Meanjin, Cordite, Otoliths, Mascara Literary Review, and other publication. Her work includes Maps, Cargo (2013), and Argosy (2017) which won the 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder