Frederick Kesner (poet)

Infobox Artist
name = Frederick Kesner


imagesize = 60px
caption = (January 2007)
birthdate = 28 August
location = flagicon|Philippines Manila, Philippines
nationality = flagicon|Australia Australian
field = Poetry, Fiction, Photography, Visual Art
affiliations = Children's Literature Association of the Philippines, Australian Poetic Society, Poetbay.com, Poetrypoem.com

Frederick Alexander III Kesner is a Philippine-born Australian poet, educator and author.

Born to Ermelina Palanca Neri and Frederick Rosauro Kesner II in 1967 at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital in España, Manila. Frederick is the eldest of five children. He spent his childhood between San Juan del Monte and Coron, Palawan, attending Aquinas School (San Juan) and later the University of Santo Tomas (Manila). After a brief career in island missions he taught kindergarten and highschool English. As part of the language faculty at St. Augustine Academy (Coron), he published with his senior English class "Into Janus", a collection of selected creative writing exercises throughout that schoolyear, 1991-92.

In 1998 he received a degree in theology at the Asian Seminary of Christian Ministries (ASCM, Makati City). In the same year he married Jacqueline Maryorick Diaz-Gandolfo in Brisbane, Australia. The couple returned to the seminary to pursue and complete their masters of arts degrees at the Makati City campus of ASCM. From 2000-2005 they worked in youth ministry in the Macarthur region of south-Sydney. They have now returned home to Ipswich (west Brisbane) and are proud parents to their firstborn child, Kayla Jaclyn Kesner.

Frederick Kesner's collected earlier poems are found in two volumes, "Waking Up to Self" and "Eye Soar". He also authored a selection of short poetry and [http://www.styluspoetryjournal.com/main/master.asp?id=758 haiku] in Tagalog, "Sa Pag-Angil ng Uwak". Mr. Kesner has also authored several works of short fiction, unpublished essays, and novels. Several of Frederick's poems have been featured in the Australian literary journal [http://www.ozpoeticsociety.com/curiousrecord/ "The Curious Record"] and the [http://www.styluspoetryjournal.com/main/master.asp?id=758 Stylus Poetry Journal.]

External links

* [http://www.poemsabout.com/poet/frederick-kesner Best Poems]
* [http://www.purpledream.com/frederickkesner Purple Dream Resident's Page]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/art/ozpoeticsociety/weekly2005.htm Australian Poetic Society 2005]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/art/ozpoeticsociety/weekly2006.htm Australian Poetic Society 2006]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/art/ozpoeticsociety/weekly2007.htm Australian Poetic Society 2007]

References

* [http://poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?sitename=crypticbard&item=about&password= Biographical Sketch]
* [http://www.poemhunter.com/frederick-kesner/biography/ Biography]
* [http://f.kesner.tripod.com/ Raucous Blether (Short Bio)]
* [http://f.kesner.tripod.com/soulspeak Soulspeak (Biography)]
* [http://www.poetrywithmeaning.com/authors/crypticbard Bio]

Persondata
NAME=Kesner, Frederick Alexander III
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Ricky Kesner, Erich Kessner, Freds Kesner
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Philippine-born Australian poet
DATE OF BIRTH=1967
PLACE OF BIRTH=Manila, Philippines
DATE OF DEATH=
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