Vale Les Murray, a witty, anti-authoritarian, national poet who spoke to the world
- Written by: David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
Les Murray at the National Gallery in Canberra in 2002. He was often seen as an unofficial Australian poet laureate.Alan Porritt/AAP
The death of the Australian poet Les Murray at the age of 80 is a profound loss for his family and friends. It is also a great loss for literature. Whether one writes “world literature” or...
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