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Dennis Haskell

b. 1948

Australian poet and critic

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About Dennis Haskell

Born 1948. Dennis Haskell is an Australian poet.

Dennis Haskell is an Australian poet, critic and academic.

Life and work Haskell was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and studied for a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of NSW before completing a PhD in literature at the University of Sydney.

Haskell began teaching English in 1973 in Sydney before moving to Perth in 1984. He was later Emeritus Professor/Senior Honorary Research Fellow in the School of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia (UWA). He was chair of the Australia Council's Literature Board from 2009 to 2011.

Apart from writing his own poetry, Haskell has produced a number of critical studies of the works of Australian poets such as Bruce Dawe and Kenneth Slessor.

In 2011 Haskell was awarded the ASAL (Association for the Study of Australian Literature): A.A. Phillips Award for his "long period of excellence in the editing of Westerly".

Awards 2003: shortlisted, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing, for Attuned to Alien Moonlight: The Poetry of Bruce Dawe 2006: winner, Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Poetry for All the Time in the World

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1948, Sydney
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University of Sydney
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Association for the Study of Australian Literature

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Who is Dennis Haskell?

Australian poet and critic

When was Dennis Haskell born?

Dennis Haskell was born in 1948 in Sydney.

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Dennis Haskell is a poet.

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Dennis Haskell is Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Dennis Haskell

· Wikidata: Q18686614

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