Les Murray (poet)

Leslie Allan Murray  (17 October 1938 – 29 April 2019) was an Australian poet, anthologist and critic. His career lasted over 40 years, and he published nearly 30 collections of poetry. He served as the literary editor of conservative magazine Quadrant for more than twenty years. He was called Australia's most likely chance of winning the Nobel Prize in Literature during his career. He was born in Nabiac, New South Wales.

Murray died on 29 April 2019 in Taree, New South Wales. He was 80.

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