DER AUSTRALISCHE DICHTER LES MURRAY IST GESTORBEN

Der am 17. Oktober 1938 in Nabiac (New South Wales) geborene australische Dichter und Literaturkritiker Les Murray (Bild) ist am 29. April 2019 in Taree gestorben. Er galt vielen als der bedeutendste Dichter Australiens und wurde mit zahlreichen internationalen Preisen geehrt.

Foto: Kritzolina, 2014 in München (Ausschnitt) – Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.de – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Murray_im_Lyrikkabinett_München_2014.JPG?uselang=de

The man within the poetry

A giant of the Australian page, Les Murray wrote poems about his home, his beloved wife, his fears.

Trent Dalton

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts

Australian poet Les Murray dies aged 80

Les Murray, arguably Australia’s greatest poet and the man who was frequently tipped to be Australia’s next Nobel laureate, has died.

Jason Steger and Broede Carmody

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/australian-poet-les-murray-dies-aged-80-20190429-p51icd.html

Australian literary giant Les Murray dies

Federal Arts Minister Mitch Fifield described Mr Murray as Australia’s «greatest poet».

«Australia, and the world, has lost a rare individual,» Senator Fifield said in a statement on Monday night.

Dominica Sanda and Don Woolford

https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/australian-literary-giant-les-murray-dies/news-story/51503ce2cd8ac90d0ddad421d7fd05cf

Les Murray, poet and ‚gentle titan of Australian letters‘, dies aged 80

Australia’s most renowned contemporary poet published close to 30 volumes of work

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/29/les-murray-australian-poet-and-literary-critic-dies-at-the-age-of-80

Australien verliert seinen bedeutendsten Dichter

Les Murray, der insbesondere mit seinem Versepos «Fredy Neptune» Weltgeltung erlangte, ist 80jährig verstorben. Der aus bescheidensten Verhältnissen stammende Lyriker galt lange als Anwärter auf den Literaturnobelpreis.

Jan Wilm

https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/les-murray-ist-tot-australien-verliert-seinen-bedeutendsten-dichter-ld.1478320?reduced=true

Videos:

Les Murray: Poet in Residence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=patmwvyZkew

Les Murray, discussing early Australian poetry. University of Sydney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kmh9ROool8

Les A Murray Poetry Reading – Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=431WXyYgLaM

Taller When Prone. Les Murray at the Sydney Writers‘ Festival (p1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUqo8N8vbbU

Mehr:

http://www.lesmurray.org/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615126/

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/les-murray

https://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/les-murray

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/les-murray

http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/shortlists/2002-shortlist/les-murray/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Murray_(poet)

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