Hope, A.D. (Alec Derwent), 1907-2000

Poet and academic, Alex Derwent Hope was born in Cooma, N.S.W. and educated at Sydney University and Oxford University. In 1951 he was appointed first Professor of English at the Canberra University College. He held this position in the college and in its successor, the School of General Studies of the A.N.U. until his resignation in 1968. Since that time he has been Professor Emeritus and has concentrated on writing. His published works include The wandering islands (poems) 1955, Poems 1960, The cave and the spring (essays) 1965, Collected poems 1966, New Poems 1965-1969, Dunciad Minor 1970, A midsummer eve's dream 1970, Native companions 1974 and A late picking 1975.

From the description of Letters to Terese Simpson [manuscript]. 1985-[ca. 1990] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225831659

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