Paul Grano

Paul Grano (1894-1975) was an Australian poet and journalist.

Biography

Born in Ararat, Victoria, Grano studied at the University of Melbourne. He worked as a journalist and commercial traveller, and in 1932 moved to Queensland where he worked in the Main Roads Commission. ["Australian Poets and Their Works, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996] In 1933, he founded the Catholic Poetry Society in Brisbane, and in 1934 the Catholic Readers' and Writers' Society.

Works

* "Quest", Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1940
* "Poet's Holiday", Brisbane : Yallaroi Publication, 1941
* "Poems Old & New", Melbourne: Georgian House, 1945
* "Witness to the Stars: an Anthology of Australasian Verse by Catholic Poets", edited by Paul Grano; with foreword by George O'Neill, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1946
* "Selected Verse of Paul Grano (1894-1975)", Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1976

References

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NAME=Grano, Paul
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian poet and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH=1894
PLACE OF BIRTH=Ararat, Victoria, Australia
DATE OF DEATH=1975
PLACE OF DEATH=Australia