Les Murray
Biographic Data
| ID | 3823575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Les Murray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Les |
| FAMILY NAME | Murray |
| SIGNATURE | LES MURRAY |
| AFFILIATIONS | Les Murray is Australia's leading poet. His most recent collections are “Poems the Size of Photographs” (2002) and “Collected Poems 1961–2002” (2002). He has published some thirty books, including the verse novel “Fredy Neptune” (1999). |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Poetry
The Tune on Your Mind and Photographing Aspiration
Translations from the Natural World
Not only the migrating birds speak in Translations from the Natural World. The imprisoned species of pigs use their slum language; ravens, cuttlefish, sunflowers and a shell-back tick are among those non-verbal members of our natural world which find distinctive voices in this new collection of poems by Les Murray. Few poets could achieve such variety of approach to express character and feelings and to give us their vision of the universe. Les M…
[Statement]
Les Murray responds to a survey asking about his approach to war as a subject or vehicle for fiction, the challenges of doing so, the research or personal experiences involved, and the relationship of the war to Australian experience more generally
Three Talks
Les Murray introduces some of his poems and discusses their inspiration and his process of writing them
The Peasant Mandarin
Translations from the Natural World
Not only the migrating birds speak in Translations from the Natural World. The imprisoned species of pigs use their slum language; ravens, cuttlefish, sunflowers and a shell-back tick are among those non-verbal members of our natural world which find distinctive voices in this new collection of poems by Les Murray. Few poets could achieve such variety of approach to express character and feelings and to give us their vision of the universe. Les M…
The Peasant Mandarin
Three Talks
Les Murray introduces some of his poems and discusses their inspiration and his process of writing them
[Statement]
Les Murray responds to a survey asking about his approach to war as a subject or vehicle for fiction, the challenges of doing so, the research or personal experiences involved, and the relationship of the war to Australian experience more generally
Translations from the Natural World
Not only the migrating birds speak in Translations from the Natural World. The imprisoned species of pigs use their slum language; ravens, cuttlefish, sunflowers and a shell-back tick are among those non-verbal members of our natural world which find distinctive voices in this new collection of poems by Les Murray. Few poets could achieve such variety of approach to express character and feelings and to give us their vision of the universe. Les M…
The Tune on Your Mind and Photographing Aspiration
Poetry
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