Bella Li (born 1983) is a Chinese-born Australian poet. Early life and career Li was born in China in 1983. When she was three she and parents migrated to Australia. Li has an Arts/Law degree from the University of Melbourne. In 2020 she received a PhD from the same university for her thesis, "The Forest, the Desert and the Road: Chronotopes of American Spaces in Twentieth-century Long-form Poetry; and a Creative Work, 'Hotel America'". Her poetry has appeared in Meanjin, Cordite and other literary journals. In 2017 Li was awarded a literary grant by the Australia Council. She served as a judge for the 2020 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Awards and recognition Shortlisted, University of Melbourne's Australian Centre Literary Awards, Wesley Michel Wright Prize, 2014 for Maps, Cargo Highly commended, Anne Elder Award, 2017 for Argosy Shortlisted, Red Room Poetry fellowship, 2017 Commended, University of Melbourne's Australian Centre Literary Awards, Wesley Michel Wright Prize, 2017 for Argosy Winner, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Poetry Prize, 2018 for Argosy Winner, NSW Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2018 for Argosy Shortlisted, Queensland Literary Awards Judith Wright Calanthe Award, 2018 for Lost Lake Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2022 for Theory of Colour Works Maps, Cargo, Vagabond Press, 2013 Argosy, Vagabond Press, 2017, Lost Lake, Vagabond Press, 2018, Theory of Colour, Vagabond Press, 2021, References External links 2013 photograph of Bella Li by Nicholas Walton-Healey is held in the State Library of Victoria 1983 births Living people Australian women poets University of Melbourne alumni