Claire Potter is author of four poetry collections, Acanthus (Giramondo 2022), Swallow (Five Islands 2010), N’ombre (Vagabond 2007), and In Front of a Comma (Poets Union 2006), as well as numerous essays and translations. Her writing has been published in Poetry Chicago, London Review of Books, New York Review of Books, Best Australian Poems, New Statesman, Meanjin, Australian Book Review, and Poetry Ireland Review among others, translated into Chinese and French, and shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, the ACT Premier’s Literary Award, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, the Michael Wesley Wright Poetry Award, and the Helen Anne Bell Poetry Award. She studied English at the Universities of Western Australia and NSW, and holds a Masters in Psychoanalysis from Université Paris VII and Psychoanalytic Infant Studies from the Tavistock Institute. She lives between Sydney and London, where she teaches at the Architectural Association.
