Bruce Beaver

Bruce Victor Beaver (14 February, 1928–17 February, 2004) was an Australian poet.

Biography

Beaver was born in Manly, New South Wales.cite web |title= Beaver, Bruce (a.k.a. Beaver, Bruce Victor ) |publisher= Austlit |url= http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A-7 Bruce Beaver |accessdate= 2007-09-14] He was educated at the Manly Public School and at the Sydney Boys' High School. ["Australian Verse: An Illustrated Treasury", edited by Beatrice Davis, State Library of New South Wales Press, 1996] He worked at a number of jobs, as a cow farmer, in radio, as a wages clerk, a surveyor's labourer, fruit-picker, proof-reader and journalist, before deciding to write full-time. From 1958 to 1962, he lived in New Zealand and Norfolk Island.

In 1961 Beaver's first book of poetry was published. He wrote his first poem in response to the dropping of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima, and continued to write even while working as a labourer. Thanks to his marriage, he was able to become a full-time writer. Even though he suffered from bipolar disorder, Beaver was able to continue writing until close to his death in 2004.

When asked to list their favourite books, Dorothy Porter named Bruce Beaver and is quoted as saying:

Awards

* 1970: Grace Leven Prize for Poetry (for "Letters to Live Poets")
* 1982: Patrick White Award
* 1990: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards (Special Award)
* 1995: C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry (for "Anima and Other Poems")

Bibliography

Poetry

* "Under the Bridge" (1961) Sydney: Beaujon Press.
* "Seawall and Shoreline" (1964) Sydney: South Head Press.
* "Open at Random" (1967) Sydney: South Head Press.
* "Letters to Live Poets" (1969) Sydney: South Head Press. ISBN: 0901760013
* "Lauds and plaints : poems (1968-1972)" (1974) Sydney: South Head Press.
* "Odes and Days" (1975) Sydney: South Head Press. ISBN: 0901760153
* "Death's Directives" (1978) Sydney. New Poetry/Prism Books. ISBN: 0858690225
* "Headlands: Prose sketches" (1986) St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press.
* "Charmed lives" (1988) St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. ISBN: 0702221414
* "New and Selected Poems 1960-1990" (1991) St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0702223387
* "Anima and Other Poems" (1994) St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0702226122
* "Poets and others" (1999) Sydney: Brandl & Schlesinger.
* "The Long Game and Other Poems" (2005) St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0702235091 [http://www.api-network.com/cgi-bin/reviews/jrbview.cgi?n=0702235091&issue=44 review]

Autobiography

*"As it was ... " (1979) St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. ISBN: 0702212784

Novels

* "The Hot Summer" (1963) Sydney: Horwitz.
* "Hot Sands" (1964) Sydney: Horwitz.
* "The Hot Men" (1965) Sydney: Horwitz.
* "The Hot Spring" (1965) Sydney: Horwitz.
* "You Can't Come Back" (1966) Adelaide: Rigby. ISBN: 186302140X

External links

* [http://johntranter.com/interviewer/beaver-2003.php Interview]
* [http://johntranter.com/prose/beaver-obit.php Obituary Obituary]
* [http://arts.monash.edu.au/publications/colloquy/archives/issue006/savage.html The Politics of Influence: Bruce Beaver's Letters to Live Poets] by Robert Savage

Notes

Persondata
NAME=Beaver, Bruce Victor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian poet
DATE OF BIRTH=February 14, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH=Manly, New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH=February 17, 2004
PLACE OF DEATH=Australia