Michael Dransfield Michael Dransfield i(A26476 works by) (a.k.a. Michael John Pender Dransfield)
Born: Established: 12 Sep 1948 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 20 Apr 1973
Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon Blues for de Quincey Michael Dransfield , (Manuscript version)x400942 Z872781 single work poetry
1 8 y separately published work icon Michael Dransfield : A Retrospective Michael Dransfield , John Kinsella (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2002 Z965225 2002 selected work poetry

'This is the first publication of Michael Dransfield selected poems, gathered from every book in his relatively considerable output. They were chosen by poet and critic John Kinsella, whose lively Introduction positions this indelible Australian poet at an international level.

'Always controversial, poet Michael Dransfield's life story has tended to obscure his talent and achievement. Tales of drugs, sexual ambiguity and mythical and ancestral kingdoms have become iconic in the story of Michael Dransfield. However, he was much more. Visionary, poet-ecologist, minstrel, a writer of remarkable dexterity and versatility, he published four collections in three years and another three appeared after his death at 24. While never simply a young poet of his age - the late 60s and early 70s - he was connected to the popular culture of his time and place. He intended to change the world, and believed in the power of his own voice. Linguistically innovative and ahead of his time in so many ways, he also looked back. He was undoubtedly one of the great poets writing in English in his era, whose resonances are increasingly pertinent. Dransfield links the innovations of late twentieth-century Australian poetry with that revolutionary implosion of Ern Malley.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Fliegen i "ich flog über sydney", Michael Dransfield , Rudi Krausmann (translator), Gerald Ganglbauer (translator), 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: Gangway : The On-Line Lit Mag , June no. 1 1996;
1 Ein Seltsamer Vogel i "diese welt ist", Michael Dransfield , Rudi Krausmann (translator), Gerald Ganglbauer (translator), 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: Gangway : The On-Line Lit Mag , June no. 1 1996;
1 Bildnis Des Künstlers Als Alter Mann i "In meines Vaters Haus sind viele Spinngewebe.", Michael Dransfield , Olaf Reinhardt (translator), Rudi Krausmann (translator), 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: Gangway : The On-Line Lit Mag , June no. 1 1996;
1 Epidermis i "Überdeckung aus Nervenenden", Michael Dransfield , Rudi Krausmann (translator), Olaf Reinhardt (translator), 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: Gangway : The On-Line Lit Mag , June no. 1 1996;
1 October Elegy for Litt. i "used to get through", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 374-375) Michael Dransfield : A Retrospective 2002; (p. 92)
1 'It' i "i pin it to the wall the best poem", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 374)
1 Untitled i "don't", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 373)
1 For an Appointment i "its okay", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 373)
1 With Pen and Pick and Shovel i "collapsed by noon", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 372)
1 The Discharge i "second day out", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 371-372)
1 Six Months (for Paula) i "a smoke of tea", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 371)
1 Sunrise, Sunset i "sunrise", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 370-371)
1 Bi Shits Revisited i "keep a gun close by you dave", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 369-370)
1 1 The Horrors i "they come", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 369)
1 The Bi Kid i "paul the bi kid", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 368)
1 On Several Deaths in Winter i "falling down rainbow chasms", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 366-368) Michael Dransfield : A Retrospective 2002; (p. 90-91)
1 If my Mammary Serves Thee Well i "getting a bit of a dip begun", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 365-366)
1 Untitled i "i'm not dead", Michael Dransfield , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Michael Dransfield : Collected Poems 1987; (p. 365)
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