Robert Adamson (born 17 May 1944 in Sydney) is an Australian poet and publisher.[1][2]
Adamson grew up in Neutral Bay and spent much of his teenage years in Gosford Boys Home. He discovered poetry while educating himself in Gaol in his 20s. His first book, Canticles on the Skin, was published in 1970. He acknowledges the influence of, among others, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Robert Duncan, and Hart Crane upon his writing.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he edited New Poetry Magazine and established Paper Bark Press in 1988 with his partner Juno Gemes.
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Adamson, Robert |
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Contemporary Australian poet and publisher |
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1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH |
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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