Forest Murray ( Murray [10] ) ( born Leslie Allan Murray ; , - , ) is an Australian poet, anthologist and critic.
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| English Leslie allan murray | |
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| Occupation | poet , translator |
| Genre | poetry |
| Language of Works | English |
| Awards | Queen of Poetry Gold Medal [d] [d] [d] |
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Biography
The son of a farmer, his ancestors in the XIX century moved to Australia from Scotland . He grew up on his grandfather's dairy farm. He studied at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Sydney , became a professional translator, translated scientific and technical literature. In the mid-1960s, he worked as a translator at Australian National University. Since 1969, he was completely engaged in literature, published a magazine, worked as an editor.
Creativity
Murray's poetry is deeply connected with the nature and everyday life of Australia, the worldview of its first settlers, the early literature of the continent.
Recognition
Officer of the Order of Australia. Laureate of the Petrarch Prize (1995), T. S. Eliot Prize ( 1996 ), awarded the Royal Gold Medal for Poetry ( 1999 ). Honorary Doctor of Sterling (1992) and St. Andrews (2011) Universities.
One of the most respected contemporary poets in the English world. His work was highly appreciated by Joseph Brodsky , Sheimas Heaney , Derek Walcott . Murray's poems came in separate editions translated into Hindi, German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Russian.
Artwork
- The Ilex Tree ( 1965 , co-authored with Jeffrey Lehmann)
- The Weatherboard Cathedral ( 1969 )
- Poems Against Economics ( 1972 )
- Lunch and Counter Lunch ( 1974 )
- The Vernacular Republic Selected Poems ( 1976 )
- Ethnic Radio ( 1978 )
- The Peasant Mandarin ( 1978 , prose)
- The Boys Who Stole the Funeral ( 1980 , verse novel)
- Equanimities ( 1982 )
- The Vernacular Republic: Poems 1961-1981 ( 1982 )
- The People's Otherworld ( 1983 )
- Persistence in Folly ( 1984 , prose)
- The Daylight Moon ( 1987 )
- Late Summer Fires ( 1996 )
- The Idyll Wheel ( 1989 )
- Dog Fox Field ( 1990 )
- Blocks and Tackles ( 1990 , prose)
- The Rabbiter's Bounty ( 1991 )
- Translations from the Natural World ( 1992 )
- Subhuman Redneck Poems ( 1996 , Eliot Award)
- A Working Forest ( 1997 , prose)
- Fredy Neptune ( 1998 , verse novel)
- Learning Human ( 2000 , Shortlist International Griffin Poetry Award)
- An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow ( 2000 )
- Conscious & Verbal ( 2001 , Shortlist International Griffin Poetry Award)
- Poems the Size of Photographs ( 2002 )
- The Biplane Houses ( 2006 )
- Taller When Prone ( 2010 )
Publications in Russian
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 Library of Congress Authorities - Library of Congress .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-29/les-murray-australian-poet-dies-aged-80/11055966
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119223147 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Internet Movie Database - 1990.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2012.
- ↑ Record # 4940524 // VIAF - 2012.
- ↑ Australia // Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.
Literature
- Bourke L. A vivid steady state: Les Murray and Australian poetry. Kensington: New South Wales UP; Strawverry Hills: New Endeavor Press, 1992.
- Counterbalancing Light: Essays on Les Murray / Carmel Gaffney, ed. Armidale: Kardoorair Press, 1997.
- Sharma A. A Dimension of the Angel: A Study of Les Murray's Poetry. Jaipur: Bohra Prakashan, 1997
- Alexander P. Les Murray: A Life in Progress. Oxford; Melbourne: Oxford UP, 2000.
- Matthews S. Les Murray. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 2001.
- The Poetry of Les Murray: critical essays / Laurie Hergenhan, Bruce Clunies Ross, eds. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2001
- Les Murray and Australian Poetry / Angela Smith, ed. London: Menzies Center for Australian Studies, Kings College London, University of London, 2002.