Kenneth Slessor
Kenneth Adolf Slessor OBE (27 March 1901 – 30 June 1971) was an Australian poet and journalist. He was one of Australia's leading poets, notable particularly for the absorption of modernist influences into Australian poetry. The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is named after him.
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