A. D. Hope Quotes
They call her a young country, but they lie: She is the last of lands, the emptiest, A woman beyond her change of life, a breast Still tender but within the womb is dry.
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Birth: | 21st July, 1907 |
Death: | 13th July, 2000 |
Nationality: | Australian |
Profession: | Essayist, Poet |
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Alec Derwent Hope was an Australian poet and essayist known for his satirical slant. He was also a critic, teacher and academic.He was a lecturer at the University of Melbourne from 1945 to 1950, and in 1951 became the first professor of English at the newly founded Canberra University College.
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