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Name	Catherine Ruth Jennings
Born	20 April, 1948 Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Died	1 May, 2021 (aged 73) New York, New York, United States of America
Education *	University of Sydney (student, 1967-1970)
Occupation or Descriptor *	anti-conscriptionist (1969-1972) New South Wales, Australia poet (1969-1979) New South Wales, Australia feminist (1970-1979) New South Wales, Australia women's activist (1970-1979) New South Wales, Australia women's activist (1970-1979) New South Wales, Australia feminist (1979-2021) Overseas novelist (1979-2021) Overseas short story writer (1979-2021) Overseas speechwriter (1995-1999) Overseas
Awards	Christina Stead Prize for Fiction (NSW Premier's Literary Awards) (recipient, 2003) Gold Medal (Australian Literature Society) (recipient, 2003)
Political Activism *	Vietnam war opponent

* Dates are approximate

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