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Vivian Smith Vivian Smith i(A5267 works by) (a.k.a. Vivian Brian Smith)
Born: Established: 1933 Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania, ;
Gender: Male
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1 The Sea (after Henri Michaux) i "What I know, what is mine, is the indefinite sea.", Vivian Smith , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 163 2021; (p. 89)
1 Headlines in the 1940s i "Across the breakfast table, latest news,", Vivian Smith , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 65 no. 4 2021; (p. 21)
1 For John Watson at 80 i "Australian poet and mathematician,", Vivian Smith , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 65 no. 4 2021; (p. 21)
1 Les Murray, Literary Editor Vivian Smith , Patrick Morgan , Suzanne Edgar , Geoff Page , Diana Figgis , Katherine Spadaro , Philippa Martyr , Russell Erwin , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Quadrant , January/February vol. 63 no. 1/2 2019; (p. 12-17)
'Les Murray has retired as Quadrant’s Literary Editor. He held the position from March 1990 until this issue. We asked some of our writers if they would like to contribute their thoughts on Les’s tenure as Literary Editor. Such is the esteem in which he is held that we were overwhelmed with responses. We print some of them here.' (Introduction)
1 Hymns to the Sun i "All those poems written to the sun,", Vivian Smith , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 62 no. 10 2018; (p. 58)
1 Fear i "Fear isn’t fear of the pirates on the river", Vivian Smith , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 62 no. 10 2018; (p. 19)
1 A Note to Alvaro de Campos i "A poem is a clear defiant thing", Vivian Smith , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Snorkel , August no. 24 2017;
1 A Note to Alvaro i "You can be happy in Australia", Vivian Smith , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2017 2017; (p. 142)
1 Olive Pink i "Reader, I'd never heard of her before", Vivian Smith , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 61 no. 1 2017; (p. 23)
1 Hyde Park, Macquarie Place Vivian Smith , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 61 no. 1 2017; (p. 23)
1 A Poet's Journal Vivian Smith , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 75 no. 3 2016; (p. 256-259)

— Review of Open House David Brooks , 2015 selected work poetry
1 The Violin Case i "A violin case on a suburb street,", Vivian Smith , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Snorkel , September no. 23 2016;
1 In Memoriam C K i "I was in Capri when I heard the news.", Vivian Smith , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2015 2015;
1 Vivian Smith, of Evan Jones, Selected Poems, and Stephen Edgar, Exhibits of the Sun Vivian Smith , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 75 no. 1 2015; (p. 223-227)

— Review of Selected Poems Evan Jones , 2014 selected work poetry ; Exhibits of the Sun Stephen Edgar , 2014 selected work poetry
1 A Memory i "A memory from 1945", Vivian Smith , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 2015; (p. 19)
1 Australian Poetry in the Sixties Vivian Smith , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Poetics Research , September 2014 no. 1 2014;

— Review of Outrider : Poems, 1956-1962 Randolph Stow , 1962 selected work poetry
1 Paul Eluard in Sydney Paul Eluard in Sydney : Disparaitre C'est Reussir i "They are such witty bastards, all those guys.", Vivian Smith , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 479)
1 A Lehmann Retrospective Vivian Smith , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 74 no. 3 2014; (p. 262-265)

— Review of Poems 1957 - 2013 Geoffrey Lehmann , 2014 selected work poetry
1 Le Cimetiere du Montparnasse 2011 i "I was almost drifting up the avenue", Vivian Smith , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2013 2013; (p. 88) Snorkel , April no. 17 2013;
1 Douglas Stewart (1913-85) Vivian Smith , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 57 no. 4 2013; (p. 63-68)

'Douglas Stewart was the leading man of letters in the Australia of his day. His life and work are of particular significance for the cultural phase that extended from the 1930s to the late 1960s, and constitute a central point for the study of Australian literary life and its intersections during that period...(Source: Vivian Smith 2013)

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