Kenneth Slessor

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Kenneth Slessor, 1949.

Kenneth Slessor (born March 27, 1901 in Orange , New South Wales , † June 30, 1971 in Sydney ) was one of Australia's most famous poets . He also worked as a newspaper journalist (especially for the Sydney Sun ) and as a war correspondent in World War II .

Slessor brought modernist influences into Australian poetry . He produced most of his poetic works before the war. Five Bells is the best known poem related to Sydney Harbor . The Beach Burial poem is a tribute to the Australian troops who fought in World War II. The last stanza reads:

Dead seamen, gone in search of the same landfall,
Whether as enemies they fought,
Or fought with us, or neither; the sand joins them together,
Enlisted on the other front.

Slessor was friends with Hugh McCrae and Jack Lindsay .

Works

  • Country Towns (1920)
  • Earth Visitors (1926)
  • A Bushranger (1930)
  • Cuckooz Contrey (1932)
  • Five Bells (1939)
  • Beach Burial (1944)
  • One Hundred Poems (1944)
  • Poems (1957)

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personal data
SURNAME Slessor, Kenneth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian poet and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Orange , New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1971
Place of death Sydney