About
An Australian author, journalist, poet, academic, and literary critic, he is best known for his 1975 work, A Map of Australian Verse. His other poetry volumes include Captain Quiros, Surprises of the Sun, and Music Late at Night.
Before Fame
He studied Latin, philosophy, and English at Sydney University and edited his college's literary publication.
Trivia
He collaborated with another poet on the writing of modernist nonsense poems, which the two published as an elaborate literary hoax.
Family Life
He was raised in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, and he attended Fort Street High School.
Associated With
He was a literary contemporary of New Zealand poet Allen Curnow.
