(1901-03-27)27 March 1901 Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Died
30 June 1971(1971-06-30) (aged 70) North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Poet, journalist
Education
Mowbray House School
Sydney Church of England Grammar School
Years active
1924–1970
Spouses
Noëla Glasson (m. 1922; dec'd. 1945)
Pauline Wallace (m. 1951; dis. 1961)
Children
Paul Slessor
Kenneth Adolphe SlessorOBE (27 March 1901 – 30 June 1971)[1] was an Australian poet, journalist and official war correspondent in World War II. He was one of Australia's leading poets, notable particularly for the absorption of modernist influences into Australian poetry.[2] The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is named after him.
^"MS 3020 Papers of Kenneth Adolf Slessor (1901–1971)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
^Haskell, Dennis (2002). "Slessor, Kenneth Adolf (1901–1971)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538.
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