Bruce Beaver

Bruce Victor Beaver (14 February 1928 – 17 February 2004) was an Australian poet and novelist.

Biography Beaver was born in Manly, New South Wales. He was educated at the Manly Public School and at the Sydney Boys' High School. He worked at a number of jobs, as a cow farmer, in radio, as a wages clerk, a surveyor's labourer, fruit-picker, proof-reader and journalist, before deciding to write full-time. From 1958 to 1962, he lived in New Zealand and Norfolk Island.

In 1961 Beaver's first book of poetry was published.

Awards 1970: Grace Leven Prize for Poetry (for Letters to Live Poets) 1982: Patrick White Award 1990: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards (Special Award) 1991: Member of the Order of Australia 1995: C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry (for Anima and Other Poems) 1995: Wesley Michel Wright Prize