A. D. Hope

Australian poet and essayist (1907-2000) · Australia · On the map · Writers · Died at 92

Alec Derwent Hope was an Australian poet and essayist known for his satirical slant. He was also a critic, teacher and academic. He was referred to in an American journal as "the 20th century's greatest 18th-century poet".

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2000Died13 July 20001981Companion of the Order of AustraliaAward1972Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1969Fellow of the Australian Academy of the HumanitiesAward1907Born21 July 1907

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