Luke Fischer

Luke Fischer (PhD, University of Sydney) is an independent scholar and award-winning poet. He has held post-doctoral fellowships and taught at universities in the U.S. and Germany and is an honorary associate in the philosophy department at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research focuses on interdisciplinary connections between poetry and philosophy. His publications include the poetry collection Paths of Flight (2013), articles, translations, and poems in journals, anthologies, and...See more

Luke Fischer (PhD, University of Sydney) is an independent scholar and award-winning poet. He has held post-doctoral fellowships and taught at universities in the U.S. and Germany and is an honorary associate in the philosophy department at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research focuses on interdisciplinary connections between poetry and philosophy. His publications include the poetry collection Paths of Flight (2013), articles, translations, and poems in journals, anthologies, and edited volumes, as well as a book of bedtime stories ( The Blue Forest , 2014). He won the 2012 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize, has been shortlisted for the Newcastle Poetry Prize, and was commended in the 2013 FAW Anne Elder Award for a first book of poems. See less