Porter, Peter

Porter, Peter

▪ British poet
in full  Peter Neville Frederick Porter 
born Feb. 16, 1929, Brisbane, Queen., Austl.

      Australian-born British poet whose works are characterized by a formal style and rueful, epigrammatic wit.

      Educated in Australia, Porter worked as a news reporter, clerk, and bookshop assistant and in the advertising business before settling in London in 1951. His first volumes of poetry, published in the 1960s, reflect a satirical approach to modern society and to his own experiences. Porter's works include Once Bitten, Twice Bitten (1961), Poems Ancient & Modern (1964), A Porter Folio (1969), The Last of England (1970), Preaching to the Converted (1972), The Cost of Seriousness (1978), English Subtitles (1981), Fast Forward (1984), The Automatic Oracle (1987), Millennial Fables (1994), and Afterburner (2004).

Additional Reading
Bruce Bennett, Spirit in Exile: Peter Porter and His Poetry (1991); Peter Steele, Peter Porter (1992).

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