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John Tranter | |
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 Tranter with his grandson in 2005 | |
| Born | 29 April 1943 Cooma, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 21 April 2023 (aged 79) Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, publisher, editor |
| Known for | Poetry |
John Ernest Tranter (29 April 1943 – 21 April 2023) was an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He published more than twenty books of poetry; devising, with Jan Garrett, the long running ABC radio program Books and Writing; and founding in 1997 the internet quarterly literary magazine Jacket which he published and edited until 2010, when he gave it to the University of Pennsylvania.[1]
The Australia Council awarded him a Creative Arts Fellowship in 1990; some Australian poets "acknowledge his role as innovator and experimentalist".[2]
- ^ Jacket2
- ^ "About us | Jacket2". jacket2.org. Retrieved 18 January 2024.