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Leslie Allan Murray AO (17 October 1938 – 29 April 2019) was an Australian poet, anthologist and critic. His career spanned over 40 years and he published nearly 30 volumes of poetry as well as two verse novels and collections of his prose writings.
Les (Leslie Allan) Murray was considered to be the leading Australian poet of his generation. He grew up in poverty on his grandparents’ farm in Bunyah, New South Wales, a district he moved back to with his own family in 1985.
Leslie Allan Murray, mais conhecido como Les Murray (Nabiac, Nova Gales do Sul, 17 de outubro de 1938 – 29 de abril de 2019) foi um poeta, antologista e crítico australiano. Sua carreira começou nos anos quarenta, e publicou cerca de 30 volumes de poesia, bem como dois romances em prosa.
Learn about Les Murray, a prominent Australian poet and essayist who celebrated the Aboriginal, rural, and urban cultures of his country. Explore his life, works, themes, and influences in this comprehensive article from Britannica.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
28 de fev. de 2022 · A review of Continuous Creation, the posthumous collection of Les Murray's final poems. The reviewer explores the poet's themes of history, memory, nature, culture and language, and his contradictory moods of joy, anger and humour.
- Lyn Mccredden
Learn about Les Murray, one of Australia's most influential and controversial poets, who wrote about rural life, language, religion and more. Explore his books, awards, favourite sayings and recordings on The Poetry Archive.
Murray is ranked alongside Walcott, Heaney and Brodsky as one of the key voices in contemporary English-language poetry, and has been compared to Auden for his mastery of form and language, while Peter Porter claimed that he is no less than “the custodian of Australia’s soul”.
