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James Keir Baxter (29 June 1926 – 22 October 1972) was a New Zealand poet and playwright. He was also known as an activist for the preservation of Māori culture.He is one of New Zealand's most well-known and controversial literary figures.
Sturm had her first poem published in the student magazine Critic, and was a runner-up in an annual poetry competition to another young New Zealand poet, James K. Baxter. [1] [6] Her first impression of Baxter was that he was "a somewhat dopey-looking individual, not my idea of a poet, but he had a marvellous voice and he knew how to use it". [7]
Selected Poems (1987) Making Tracks(1991) Naming the Gods (1992) Down the Backbone (1995) Roaring Forties (1997) James K. Baxter: Poems selected and introduced by Sam Hunt (2008) Doubtless: new and selected poems (2008) Backroads, Charting a Poet's Life (2009) Chords & Other Poems (2011) Knucklebones: Poems 1962–2012 (2012) Salt River Songs ...
M. K. Joseph (1914–1981) Simone Kaho (born 1978) Kapka Kassabova (born 1973) Jan Kemp (born 1949) Anne Kennedy (born 1959) Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960) Fiona Kidman (born 1940) Saradha Koirala (born 1980) Eve Langley (1904–1974) Owen Leeming (born 1930) Michele Leggott (born 1956) Louise Wareham Leonard (born 1965) Terry Locke (born 1946 ...
James K. Baxter was the most famous and prolific of these poets, and is widely regarded today as the definitive New Zealand poet. [46] Baxter was a controversial figure who was known for his incorporation of European myths into his New Zealand poems, his interest in Māori culture and language, his religious experiences, and the establishment ...
James K. Baxter, one of New Zealand's best-known poets, writes two original poems on the wallpaper of a room in the home of painter Michael Illingworth and his wife Dene White. Soon after, Baxter dies.
In his introduction to the 2005 selection, Andrew Johnston wrote, "I couldn't include a poem from Manhire's latest and best book, Lifted, because he is effectively the publisher of Best New Zealand Poems." [3] In 2011 Manhire stepped down from the series editor role, and his poem "The Schoolbus" was selected by editor Bernadette Hall. [4]
James K. Baxter, posthumous, Cold Spring : Baxter's Unpublished Early Collection, edited by Paul Millar, Auckland: Oxford University Press; Alan Brunton, Romaunt of Glossa: a saga, Bumper Books [13] Alistair Campbell, Pocket: Collected Poems, Christchurch: Hazard Press; Allen Curnow, New and Collected Poems 1941-1995 [5] Maurice Gee, Loving ...