Louise Crisp (born 1957) is a contemporary Australian poet, deckhand, and fire tower watcher.
Crist was born in Omeo, Victoria and studied linguistics, anthropology, and prehistory at the Australian National University.
[3] Her first collection was The luminous ocean, a shared volume with Valery Wilde's In the Half-Light, published by Friendly Street Poets in 1988.
This volume was shortlisted for the 1995 C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry and the New South Wales Premier's Award.
[2] Crisp's 2019 book, Yuiquimbiang, was described as "another wonderful addition to our literature’s re-engagement with the mosaic-continent nowadays known as Australia"[4] and shortlisted for the 2020 Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry.