Selected Poems, 1956-94
by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
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This selection has been made by the poet himself from his eleven collections, published from 1959 in Australia, and then since 1980 by Oxford University Press, up to the most recent title, Rungs of Time. He has chosen poems that still 'work' for his readers, and which bear witness to past selves.Tags
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Christopher Keith Wallace-Crabbe is an Australian poet born in Melbourne, 1934. He was educated at Scotch College, Yale University, and The University of Melbourne. He is a professor emeritus in the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne. He is also an essayist and a critic of the visual arts. His awards include: Centenary Medal in 2002, show more Doctor of Letters honoris causa 2006, and appointed a Member of the Order of Australia 2011. He won the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2015. This award is presented every three years to a Victorian author 'whose body of published or produced work has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literature, as well as to cultural and intellectual life. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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