Evelyn Araluen

Evelyn Araluen is a Goorie and Koori poet, educator and editor. She is a co-director of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies, co-editor of Overland Literary Journal and teaches through the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development. Her debut poetry collection, Dropbear, won the 2022 Stella Prize. Her second collection, The Rot, was awarded the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry and Indigenous Writing.