John Blight

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John Blight (born 1913-1995) was an Australian poet. He was born in Unley, South Australia. He became, in 1939, an accountant in Bundaberg, Queensland, thence a part-owner of timber mills after World War II, in the Gympie, 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, and the Christopher Brennan Award. He died in 1995[1].

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
  1. ^ Online biographical material and sample 14-line poem, from OldPoetry.com.
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NAME Blight, John
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SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Unley, South Australia, Australia
DATE OF DEATH 1995
PLACE OF DEATH Australia
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