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Allen Curnow (1911-2001) is widely recognised as one of the most distinguished poets writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. This major biography introduces readers to Allen Curnow's life and work: from a childhood in a Christchurch vicarage, through theological training, journalism and university life, marriages and children, and on to an international career as a writer.
About the author
Linda Cassells has a doctorate in Linguistics from the University of Bath and over 25 years' experience in book publishing.
Terry Sturm CBE was a professor of literature at the University of Auckland for many years, editor of
The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English (1990, 1998), author of
An Unsettled Spirit: The Life and Frontier Fiction of Edith Lyttleton (AUP, 2003), and editor of a selection of Curnow's verse written under his pseudonym Whim Wham,
Whim Wham's New Zealand: The Best of Whim Wham 1937-1988 (Random House, 2005).
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Allen Curnow (1911-2001) is widely recognised as one of the most distinguished poets writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. This major biography introduces readers to Allen Curnow's life and work: from a childhood in a Christchurch vicarage, through theological training, journalism and university life, marriages and children, and on to an international career as a writer.
