Poet, editor, publisher, anthologist: John Tranter's influential life in literature
- Written by Aidan Coleman, Senior Lecturer, English and Creative Writing, Southern Cross University
John Tranter (1943-2023). Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown.University of Queensland Press.Perhaps more than any Australian poet of the 20th Century, John Tranter, who died last Friday at the age of 79, was guided by a relentless desire to experiment. His earliest admiration was for the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, and he soon discovered John Ashbery, who...
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