Bruce Beaver

Bruce Beaver (born Feb. 14, 1928, Manly, N.S.W., Austl.—died Feb. 17, 2004, Manly) was an Australian poet, novelist, and journalist noted for his experimental forms and courageous self-examination, both of which made him one of the major forces in Australian poetry during the 1960s and ’70s. At the age of 17 Beaver underwent the first of several periods of psychiatric treatment for manic depression. He worked at a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time...