Kenneth Slessor was an Australian poet born on March 27, 1901. He is best known for his works such as Five Bells and Other Poems and Cuckooz Contrey. His net worth, biography, age, height, family and career updates are available online. He was a major figure in the development of modernist poetry in Australia and is considered one of the most important poets of the 20th century.
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Australian modernist poet known for Cuckooz Contrey, Earth Visitors, One Hundred Poems, and other poetry collections. Also a journalist, he worked as a World War II correspondent for the Sydney Sun.
He published his first poem at age sixteen, while he was a student at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. He published his first poetry collection, Thief of the Moon, in 1924.
His best-known poems -- "Five Bells" and "Beach Burial" -- were written during the World War II years.
He was born in New South Wales, Australia, and he spent a portion of his childhood in England. He married Noela Glasson in August of 1922.
He was a literary contemporary of New Zealand-born poet Allen Curnow.
