Patrick Alexander (poet)

Patrick Alexander (poet)

Patrick Macgillicuddy Alexander was born on 20 March 1940 Dublin, Dublin (County), Ireland and died on 21 September 2005 Fitzroy, Victoria. He studied to be an actor in London and moved to Australia in 1960. He lived in Sydney and Melbourne and published four best selling collections of his poetry and his poems have also been published in large magazines. Alexander was renowned as a performance poet.

He was from 1983 to 2004 the only artist to produce an event for every Melbourne Fringe Festival. In honour of his contribution the Festival has named the spoken performance prize the Patrick Alexander Memorial Award.

References

* http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%2BSL
* http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2006/09/29/2006-fringe-festival-reviews/fringe-festival-awards/
* http://www.thylazine.org/directory/directa/
* http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/Publications/Yarra%20News/pdf/Yarra%20News%20October%202006.pdf


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