AustLit logo

AustLit

Geoffrey Dutton Geoffrey Dutton i(A1085 works by) (a.k.a. Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton)
Born: Established: 2 Aug 1922 Kapunda, Roseworthy - Kapunda area, Lower North South Australia, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 17 Sep 1998 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
Gender: Male
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

BiographyHistory

Geoffrey Dutton was born in 1922 at Kapunda, South Australia. He was educated at the University of Adelaide and Oxford University, and served in the RAAF during World War II. At the University of Adelaide he was associated with the Angry Penguins group and published some of his first poems in that magazine. After travelling in Europe in the early 1950s, Dutton lectured in English at the University of Adelaide between 1955-62. He was editor of a number of publications during the 1960s and served as editor for Penguin Books between 1961-65. Dutton's activity in many literary and cultural organisations earned him an Order of Australia in 1976.

Dutton's first publication in 1944 was a book of poetry, but he followed that with more poetry and a diverse range of writing, including novels, criticism, biographies, travel writing and art appreciation. Dutton's connection with the Angry Penguins group is reflected in the self-conciously modernist and experimental poetry of his early publications. But his later poetry contains reflective lyrics with a strong visual element. His poetry and fiction frequently explore the themes of friendship, love and the beauty of nature. Dutton's poetry has attracted a number of awards and he received the FAW Christopher Brennan Award in 1993.

Geoffrey Dutton married twice and had three children. In the early 1990s he was one of the first committee members of the Australian Republican Movement. He died in Canberra in 1998.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1958 for "Antipodes in Shoes"; FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1993.

Awards for Works

A South Australian Almanac (for the Birth of Francis) i "While friends now bring you flowers you scarcely see", 1959 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , Spring vol. 3 no. 4 1959; (p. 20-23) New and Selected Poems 1993; (p. 53-57)
1959 winner Quadrant Poetry Prize
y separately published work icon Antipodes in Shoes Sydney : Edwards and Shaw , 1958 Z403991 1958 selected work poetry
1958 winner Grace Leven Poetry Prize
Last amended 20 Jun 2014 08:33:39
See Also
Other mentions of "" in AustLit:
    X