James K. Baxter (1926–1972)
Auteur de Collected Poems
A propos de l'auteur
Considered New Zealand's most significant poet, James K. Baxter has also been called one of the most remarkable English-language poets of the mid-twentieth century. Born into an educated family in New Zealand, he spent most of his life there and became a much-loved and respected figure in his afficher plus homeland. Starting out as something of a boy prodigy in the field of poetry, Baxter went on to face alcoholism, then to convert to Catholicism. In his last years, some considered him a saint as he wandered around New Zealand "barefoot, long-bearded, patched and baggy." Baxter published his first poetry in 1944. He also wrote about 20 plays-many of them produced successfully-four books of literary commentary and criticism, numerous religious essays, and fiction. His Collected Poems is still available, but most of his work in other genres is out of print. Collected Poems won a 2016 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards, Gerard Reid Award for best book and Best non-illustrated book (designed by Spencer Levine and Fergus Barrowman). Believing strongly in the poet's vocation, in the poet as a prophet, Baxter was also a skilled artist. His work, which is characterized by a technical conservatism and an adherence to formality, reflects his familiarity with a wide range of poets, including the English romantics, Greek and Latin poets, and modernists, such as Yeats, Hopkins, and Hardy. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de James K. Baxter
The holy life and death of Concrete Grady : various uncollected and unpublished poems (1976) 5 exemplaires
James K. Baxter, 1926-1972 : a memorial volume 5 exemplaires
Six faces of love, 5 exemplaires
The iron breadboard: studies in New Zealand writing 4 exemplaires
A small ode on mixed flatting 4 exemplaires
Ode to Auckland & other poems 4 exemplaires
Letter to Peter Olds 4 exemplaires
Recent trends in New Zealand poetry 4 exemplaires
Spark to a waiting fuse : James K. Baxter's correspondence with Noel Ginn, 1942-46 (2002) 3 exemplaires
The sore-footed man [and] The temptations of Oedipus 3 exemplaires
Two plays : The wide open cage and Jack Winter's dream 3 exemplaires
A death song for Mr Mouldybroke 2 exemplaires
The Junkies & The Fuzz 2 exemplaires
Blow, wind of fruitfulness 2 exemplaires
Rain 2 exemplaires
The fallen house : poems 2 exemplaires
James K. Baxter : Complete Prose : Dunedin and Christchurch: the Early Years, 1943-1948 : The Wellington Years,… (2015) 2 exemplaires
Four God songs 2 exemplaires
Howrah Bridge, and other poems 2 exemplaires
The Seagull 1 exemplaire
Traveller's Litany 1 exemplaire
Verse 1951 1 exemplaire
Ballad of Calvary Street 1 exemplaire
New Zealand in Colur 1 exemplaire
A Selection of Poetry 1 exemplaire
The Coaster 1 exemplaire
The Fireman : Vol. 5 1 exemplaire
Poems Unpleasant : Baxter, Johnson & Vogt 1 exemplaire
The night shift : poems on aspects of love 1 exemplaire
A walking stick for an old man 1 exemplaire
The Ships 1 exemplaire
I'm a tree 1 exemplaire
Oil 1 exemplaire
The Trawler 1 exemplaire
Chosen Poems 1 exemplaire
Ode to Auckland 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The colour of distance : New Zealand writers in France, French writers in New Zealand (2006) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Lie deep my love : 4 pt mixed vocals choir and soloists — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Baxter, James Keir
- Date de naissance
- 1926-06-29
- Date de décès
- 1972-10-22
- Lieu de sépulture
- Jerusalem, New Zealand
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- New Zealand
- Lieu de naissance
- Dunedin, New Zealand
- Lieu du décès
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lieux de résidence
- Jerusalem, New Zealand
Dunedin, New Zealand (birthplace)
Wellington, New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand - Études
- University of Otago
Wellington Teachers' Training College
Victoria University of Wellington - Professions
- poet
postal worker
teacher
editor
critic
social commentator - Relations
- Sturm, J. C. (Jacquie Baxter) (wife)
Baxter, Archibald (father)
Baxter, Millicent (mother) - Prix et distinctions
- Robert Burns Fellowship (1966)
Robert Burns Fellowship (1967)
Membres
Critiques
Horse par James K. Baxter
Terse, so very kiwi, this superb novella is marred only by the era in which it was written, and knowledge we now have that Baxter's world was as chauvinistic as Horse's. Sexual utilitarianism included, this is a brutal representative of the bleak coming of age, man alone literature that was birthed by figures like John Mulgan and executed, we might hope by Keri Hulme and others. Brutalist depiction of an era that staggered from fuck to hangover to petty crime to groggy insight only to begin the cycle again.… (plus d'informations)
In the same way that he broke his poetry down to simple forms, divested of polish, this book is - really - a collection of christian thought broken down in the same way. Simple christian ideas bounded intimately to everyday occurrences around the Jerusalem community.
A bit much Jesus for me, really - and I'm kinda tolerant - but a lovely, simple book all the same.
A bit much Jesus for me, really - and I'm kinda tolerant - but a lovely, simple book all the same.
Coffee table size illustrated book with excellent descriptions of the photographs.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 85
- Aussi par
- 9
- Membres
- 494
- Popularité
- #50,038
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 58
- Favoris
- 1