Vale Les Murray, a witty, anti-authoritarian, national poet who spoke to the world
- Written by David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
Les Murray at the National Gallery in Canberra in 2002. He was often seen as an unofficial Australian poet laureate.Alan Porritt/AAPThe death of the Australian poet Les Murray at the age of 80 is a profound loss for his family and friends. It is also a great loss for literature. Whether one writes “world literature” or...





