Peter Boyle (poet)

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Peter Boyle
Born1951 (age 7071)
Occupation
  • Poet
  • translator
Notable worksGhostspeaking
Notable awards
  • Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (1995), (2017), (2020)
  • Judith Wright Calantha Prize for Poetry (2010)

Peter Boyle (born 1951 in Melbourne, Australia), is an Australian poet and translator. [1]

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He has published more than a dozen collections of poetry, including The Blue Cloud of Crying and Coming Home From the World. Boyle has also published translations of Federico García Lorca, Luis Cernuda, Eugenio Montejo, César Vallejo, Pierre Reverdy, and others. [1]

Bibliography

As translator:

'*'I am going to speak of hope: selected poems by César Vallejo, 1999, Peruvian Consulate Sydney, Southwood Press.

Awards

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References

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