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John Blight

ジョン・ブライト

Jon Buraito

Aliases: Frederick John Blight

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1913-07-30 (Unley, South Australia)
Died
1995-05-12 (Brisbane, Queensland) age 81
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Unley, South Australia → Brisbane, Queensland → Bundaberg, Queensland → Gympie region, Queensland

Career

Occupations
Poet, Chartered Accountant, Timber mill owner
Active Years
1939-1995

Education

Brisbane State High School
Period: 1930年代初頭
Country: Australia
High school education

Awards

Patrick White Award
1976
Organization: Patrick White Literary Award
Result: winner
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
Result: winner
Christopher Brennan Award
Result: winner
Dame Mary Gilmore Medal
Result: winner
Order of Australia Medal (AM)
1987
Organization: Australian Government
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Old Pianist: Poems

1945 Poetry

Poetry collection

Everyday life

My Beachcombing Days: ninety sea sonnets

1968 Poetry

Ninety sea sonnets

SeaNature

Holiday Sea Sonnets

1985 Poetry

Holiday sea sonnets

Sea

Bibliography

  • The Old Pianist: Poems (1945)
  • The Two Suns Met (1954)
  • A Beachcomber's Diary (1963)
  • My Beachcombing Days: ninety sea sonnets (1968)
  • Hart: Poems (1975)
  • Selected Poems 1939-1975 (1976)
  • Pageantry for a Lost Empire (1978)
  • The New City Poems (1980)
  • Holiday Sea Sonnets (1985)
  • Selected Poems 1939-1990 (1992)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Sea sonnetsNature imagery
Recurring Motifs
SeaCornish heritage

Legacy

Cornish-Australian poet known for works on sea and nature. Winner of Patrick White Award.

Archives

  • Fryer Library, The University of Queensland

Trivia

  • Of Cornish Australian origin, ancestors arrived in South Australia on the Lisander in 1851.
  • Awarded the Order of Australia Medal (AM) in 1987.