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Item: Venetian Mirrors
Author: Sarah Day

The Platonic logic of Jakob Ziguras

by Sarah Day •

January–February 2025, no. 472

Venetian Mirrors by Jakob Ziguras

Angelica Press, US$40 hb, 322 pp

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Poetry

Poetic cartography

The Platonic logic of Jakob Ziguras

by Sarah Day •

January–February 2025, no. 472

Jakob Ziguras – widely published in Australian literary magazines and the recipient of prestigious poetry prizes – was born in Poland and came to Australia as a child with his parents in 1984. He studied fine arts before completing a doctorate in philosophy, which he teaches (he is also a translator). Much of this background is in evidence in his poetry. In recent years he has lived in his birthplace, Wrocław, Poland, translating contemporary Polish poets while working on his third book of poems, Venetian Mirrors.

Sarah Day

Sarah Day’s books have won awards including the Queensland Premier’s and ACT poetry prizes. Her books have also been shortlisted for the NSW, Tasmanian Premier’s, and Prime Minister’s awards. In 2017 she received the Alan Marshall short story prize. She has collaborated with musicians in the UK and Australia, and judged national poetry, fiction, and nature-writing competitions, and taught creative writing to year 12 students for twenty years. Her ninth collection, Slack Tide (Pitt Street Poetry), was published in 2022.

Photograph credit: Gordon Harrison-Williams