Evan Jones (Australian poet) explained
Evan Lloyd Jones (20 November 1931 – 3 August 2022)[1] was an Australian poet and academic.
Early life
Born in Melbourne, 20 November 1931, Jones attended Melbourne High School, and studied at the University of Melbourne, and Stanford University (1958–1960) .[2]
Career
After 1960, he taught English at the University of Melbourne.[3]
Works
- Inside the Whale: poems, Melbourne: Cheshire, 1960
- Understandings: poems, Cambridge University Press, 1967
- Kenneth MacKenzie, by Evan Jones, 'Australian writers and their work' series, Oxford University Press, 1969
- The Poems of Kenneth Mackenzie, edited by Evan Jones and Geoffrey Little, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1972
- Recognitions, Australian National University Press, 1978
- Left at the Post, University of Queensland Press, 1984
- The politic body and other poems, Picaro Press, 2009
- Alone At Last!, Picaro Press, 2009
- Heavens Above, Picaro Press, 2011
- Selected Poems, Grand Parade Poets, 2014
External links
- Improlific poet, review by Geoff Page, Australian Book Review, January–February 2015, no. 368
- Selected Poems review: The inquiring works of Evan Jones, review by Gig Ryan, The Age, 15 January 2015
- Evan Jones: Selected Poems, review by Martin Duwell, Australian Poetry Review, 1 February 2015
- Review Short: Evan Jones’s Selected Poems, review by Alyson Miller, Cordite, 5 May 2015
- Obituary, by Alex Skovron, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 October 2022
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/literary-giant-wrote-with-relaxing-ease-20220923-p5bkhi.html
Notes and References
- News: Evan Lloyd Jones . . 4 August 2022 . 4 August 2022 .
- Australian Verse: An Illustrated Treasury, edited by Beatrice Davis, State Library of New South Wales Press, 1996
- Australian Poets and Their Works, William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996
