Awards & Winners

Les Murray

Date of Birth 17-October-1938
Place of Birth Nabiac, New South Wales
(Australia, New South Wales)
Nationality Australia
Also know as Leslie Allan Murray, Les A. Murray
Profession Writer, Poet, Critic
Leslie Allan Murray, AO, known as Les Murray, is an Australian poet, anthologist, and critic. His career spans over forty years, and he has published nearly 30 volumes of poetry, as well as two verse novels and collections of his prose writings. His poetry has won many awards and he is regarded as "the leading Australian poet of his generation." He has also been involved in several controversies over his career and has been rated by the National Trust of Australia as one of the 100 Australian Living Treasures.

Awards by Les Murray

Check all the awards nominated and won by Les Murray.

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Neustadt International Prize for Literature