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SIMPLE BROKEN BEAUTIFUL is the title on a notebook of poetry written by Leigh Davis in 2008. This was during radiotherapy treatment following surgery for a brain tumour, which was affecting his ability to express himself in words. The notebook writing was the beginning of a work that developed into a long poem called ''Stunning debut of the repairing of a life''. The resulting manuscript won The Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2009, judged by Ian Wedde.

Stunning debut of the repairing of a life

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      Publisher: Otago University Press
      Publication Date: 01/01/2010
      ISBN13: 9781877578007, 978-1877578007
      ISBN10: 1877578002
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      Book Synopsis
      SIMPLE BROKEN BEAUTIFUL is the title on a notebook of poetry written by Leigh Davis in 2008. This was during radiotherapy treatment following surgery for a brain tumour, which was affecting his ability to express himself in words. The notebook writing was the beginning of a work that developed into a long poem called ''Stunning debut of the repairing of a life''. The resulting manuscript won The Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2009, judged by Ian Wedde.

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