Robert Adamson (poet)

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Robert Adamson (born 17 May 1944 in Sydney) is an Australian poet and publisher.[1][2]

Adamson grew up in Neutral Bay and spent much of his teenage years in Gosford Boys Home. He discovered poetry while educating himself in Gaol in his 20s. His first book, Canticles on the Skin, was published in 1970. He acknowledges the influence of, among others, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Robert Duncan and Hart Crane upon his writing.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he edited New Poetry Magazine and established Paper Bark Press in 1988 with his partner Juno Gemes.

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[edit] His works

[edit] Poetry

[edit] Autobiography

[edit] Awards

[edit] References

  1. ^ Poetry of Robert Adamson > Woodland Pattern Book Center
  2. ^ Poetry International Web - Robert Adamson
  3. ^ Bob Adamson Waving to Hart Crane
  4. ^ Editors of CrossLines Kings Cross literary magazine
  5. ^ Peter Riley reviews Robert Adamson

[edit] External links


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NAME Adamson, Robert
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SHORT DESCRIPTION Contemporary Australian poet and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
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