Judith Nangala Crispin

Judith Nangala Crispin is an award-winning poet, academic, and visual artist of Indigenous and mixed descent, living on unceded Yuin Country. She traces her lineage to the Bpangerang people of the Murray River and has spent over two decades working with Warlpiri people in the Northern Tanami, forging lifelong ties. A member of FNAWN (First Nations Australia Writing Network) and the Oculi collective, Judith holds a Ph.D. from the Australian National University and a Doctor of Arts from the University of Sydney.

She has published Pillars of the Temple, The Myrrh-Bearers, and The Lumen Seed. Her verse novel The Dingo’s Noctuary was shortlisted for the 2023 Arles Rencontres Dummy Book Prize. Recent awards include the 2020 Blake Prize for Poetry and the 2023 Sunshine Coast Art Prize.

A representation of her work was sent to the Moon in 2024 as part of NASA’s Lunar Codex.