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About
New Zealand-born poet and poetry performer who published his debut work, From Bottle Creek, in 1972. His other poetry collections include Drunkard's Garden and Roaring Forties.
Before Fame
He studied at St. Peter's College, Auckland, where he compensated for a bothersome stutter by excelling in running, diving, and writing.
Trivia
He worked for a time as a truck driver.
Family Life
He was born to a sixty-year-old lawyer father and a thirty-year-old mother. In his adulthood, he had two sons of his own.
Associated With
He counted James K. Baxter among his friends and literary influences.
