Eric Beach Explained

Eric Beach (born 1947), is a New Zealand and Australian poet, playwright, and short story writer.

Born in New Zealand, Beach has lived in Tasmania and in Victoria since 1972.^[1] He is active in the Australian Performance Poetry scene, performing at workshops, readings and events around Australia.^[2]

His publication Weeping for Lost Babylon won the 1996 Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize, and was joint winner of the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.^[3]

He now resides in Minyip, Victoria in Australia.

Publications

• Weeping for Lost Babylon (Harper Collins, 1996)
• Red Heart My Country (Pardalote Press, 2000)
• Saint Kilda Meets Hugo Ball (Gargoyles Press, 1974)
• In Occupied Territory (The Saturday Centre, 1977)
• A Photo of Some People in a Football Stadium (Overland, 1978)
• Hey Hey Brass Buttons (1990)

Notes and References

1. Australian Poets and Their Works, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996
2. http://www.thylazine.org/directory/directb/ The Thylazine Foundation: Arts, Ethics and Literature.
3. Web site: Australian Poetry Library.