Les Murray (3) (1941–)

Les Murray has published some thirty books. His work is studied in schools and universities around Australia and has been translated into several foreign languages. In 1996 he was awarded the T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry, in 1998 the Queen's Gold Medal for poetry, and in 2004 the Mondello Prize. His show more most recent collections of work include The Biplane Houses, Fredy Neptune, Selected Poems, Collected Poems, Killing the Black Dog, and Taller When Prone. He was recognized for his poetry collection, Waiting for the Past, which was awarded the Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 2015 and the 2016 Adelaide Festival Award for Poetry's John Bray Poetry Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less