Baxter, James K.

Baxter, James K.

▪ New Zealander poet
in full  James Keir Baxter 
born June 29, 1926, Dunedin, N.Z.
died Oct. 22, 1972, Auckland

      poet whose mastery of versification and striking imagery made him one of New Zealand's major modern poets.

      Educated in New Zealand and England, he first published Beyond the Palisade (1944), which displayed youthful promise. Blow, Wind of Fruitfulness (1948), superficially a less attractive collection, was more profound. Recent Trends in New Zealand Poetry (1951) was his first critical work, its judgments revealing a maturity beyond his years. Later verse collections include The Fallen House (1953), the satirical Iron Breadboard (1957), Pig Island Letters (1966), Jerusalem Sonnets (1970), and Autumn Testament (1972). He also published Aspects of Poetry in New Zealand (1967). Baxter's Collected Poems was first published in 1979 and his Collected Plays in 1982.

Additional Reading
W.H. Oliver, James K. Baxter: A Portrait (1983, reissued 1994), a pictorial biography; Frank McKay, The Life of James K. Baxter (1990).

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