John Blight
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For other persons named John Blight, see John Blight (disambiguation).
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].
[edit] 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)
[edit] References
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blight, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Unley, South Australia, Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1995 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Australia |
