Geoffrey Lehmann | |
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| Born | 28 June 1940 McMahons Point, Sydney, Australia |
| Alma mater | Sydney Church of England Grammar School University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Australian poet |
Geoffrey Lehmann (born 28 June 1940) is an Australian poet, children's writer, and tax lawyer.
Lehmann grew up in McMahons Point, Sydney, and attended the Sydney Church of England Grammar School in North Sydney. He graduated in arts and law from the University of Sydney in 1960 and 1963 respectively. In 1961, he demonstrated in a student newspaper article that fellow student Robert Hughes had published plagiarised poetry by Terence Tiller and others, and a drawing by Leonard Baskin. [1]
Lehmann was the first Australian poet to be published by the London publishing house Faber and Faber. [2] He received the 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Award for poetry. [3] [4]
Lehmann has worked as a solicitor in his own small law firm, as an academic lawyer at the University of New South Wales, and as a corporate tax lawyer, having retired from PwC. [5] He continues to write as a literary reviewer for The Australian newspaper.[ citation needed ]
Claire Lehmann is his daughter-in-law. [6]
| Date | Review article | Work(s) reviewed |
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| 2013 | Lehmann, Geoffrey (April 2013). "Giving it a go : brilliantly observed and precise poems". Australian Book Review . 350: 24–25. | Wallace-Crabbe, Chris (2013). New and selected poems. Manchester: Carcanet. |
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