Dutton, Geoffrey (1922-1998)

Australian poet and critic. He was involved with the journal Angry Penguins, which published his poems ‘Night Flight’ and ‘Sunrise’ in 1944. He also helped found and edit the journals Australian Letters (1957-68) and Australian Book Review (1961-64), and was influential as a broadcaster and critic. Altogether he published forty items, including nine collections of poetry, eight novels, and critical studies, biographies, travel books, and works on art and culture.

Dutton translated the works of the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, wrote biographies, travel books, books on art, stories for children, and edited the critical essays in The Literature of Australia (1964). His poetry includes Antipodes in Shoes 1958, Flowers and Fury (1962), and Findings and Keepings (1970). His autobiography, Out in the Open, was published in 1994.