Allen Curnow

Thomas Allen Monro Curnow was born in Timaru on 17 June 1911, the son of an Anglican pastor. He entered St John's College in Auckland in 1931 to become a priest, but gave this up and became a reporter at the Press in Christchurch, where he later wrote weekly satires in verse under the name Whim Wham. In 1945 he published an anthology that marked a turning point, taught English literature at the University of Auckland until 1976 and spent part of the year at Karekare. Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1989, he died in Auckland on 23 September 2001.

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• PoetryAn Incorrigible MusicAllen Curnow · 1979Literature