- John Blight
John Blight (born 1913-1995) was an Australian
poet .Biography
Born in
Unley, South Australia on July 30, 1913, Blight was educatd atBrisbane High School . [Australian Verse: An Illustrated Treasury", edited byBeatrice Davis , State Library of New South Wales Press, 1996] During theGreat Depression in Australia he tramped the Queensland coast looking for work. ["Australian Poets and their Works", by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996] In 1939 he became an accountant inBundaberg, Queensland , and afterWorld War II a part-owner of timber mills in theGympie, Queensland region. He took up full-time writing in 1973.John Blight has received numerous awards, including the Dame Mary Gilmore Medal,
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry , The Patrick White Literary Award and theChristopher Brennan Award . He died in 1995 [ [http://oldpoetry.com/oauthor/show/John_Blight Online biographical material and sample 14-line poem, from OldPoetry.com.] ] .Bibliography
* "The Old Pianist: Poems" (1945)
* "The Two Suns Met" (1954)
* "A Beachcomber's Diary" (1964)
* "My Beachcombing Days : Ninety Sea Sonnets" (1968)
* "Hart : Poems" (1975)
* "Selected Poems 1939-1975" (1976)
* "Pageantry for a Lost Empire" (1978)
* "The New City Poems" (1980)
* "Holiday Sea Sonnets" (1985)
* "Selected Poems 1939-1990" (1992)References
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NAME=Blight, John
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australia npoet
DATE OF BIRTH=1913
PLACE OF BIRTH=Unley, South Australia ,Australia
DATE OF DEATH=1995
PLACE OF DEATH=Australia
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