John Leonard (Australian poet)
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John Leonard (born July 7, 1965) is an Australian poet.
He was born in Cambridge, UK, and from 1984 to 1987 studied at Oxford University. In 1991 he moved to Australia and completed a PhD at the University of Queensland.
He currently lives in Canberra, Australia and is poetry editor of the journal Overland.
His poetry is concise and sometimes cryptic. It is based on a green political philosophy that stresses humanity's place in the natural world and the role of modern industrial society in concealing this relationship.
[edit] Works
- Unlove (1991)
- 100 Elegies for Modernity (1997)
- Jesus in Kashmir (2003)
