Denis Glover, 1912–1980

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  • Sarah Shieff

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/knznq.v7i3.716

Abstract

Denis James Matthews Glover, renowned in his day as a wit, war hero, boxer, sailor and legendary drinker, remains one of New Zealand’s best-loved and most anthologised poets. Yet he tended to deprecate his own efforts at verse, regarding his work on behalf of other writers – as a printer, typographer and publisher – as an altogether more significant achievement. The Caxton Press, founded by Glover in Christchurch in 1936, occupies a signal position in New Zealand literary history.

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Sarah Shieff

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Published

2008-06-08