Mark O'Connor (poet)

Mark O'Connor (born 19 March 1945 in Melbourne) is an Australian poet, writer, and environmental activist. He is the author of twelve books of poetry on regions of Australia such as the Great Barrier Reef and the Blue Mountains, often collaborating with renowned nature photographers. He has also written two books on the issue of overpopulation, This Tired Brown Land (1998) and, more recently, Overloading Australia (2008, co-written by William J. Lines).

For other people with the same name, see Mark O'Connor (disambiguation).

Mark O'Connor
Born (1945-03-19) 19 March 1945
Melbourne, Australia[1]
Occupation
  • Poet
  • environmental writer and activist
  • anthologist
LanguageEnglish
Alma materMelbourne University
GenrePoetry, prose, verse translations of Shakespeare
Notable works
  • The Olive Tree: Collected Poems
  • Two Centuries of Australian Poetry (as anthologist)
SpouseJanet Eagleton
Website
australianpoet.com/about.html

Biography

Mark O'Connor graduated from Melbourne University with Honours in English and Classics. He has taught English literature at the universities of Western Australia and the Australian National University.[2] He has won several national and international prizes and awards, and he has undertaken fellowships throughout the world including United States, Europe, Russia, China and India. In 1999 he was appointed H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellow at the Australian National University, and in 2000 he was given a grant from the Australia Council to write poetry about the 2000 Olympic Games. He is also the editor of the much re-printed Oxford anthology Two Centuries of Australian Poetry.[2]: p.1 

In addition to his own poetry, O'Connor is now translating Shakespearean verse into modern English. He is also the inventor and patent holder for the Pro-NOUNCE-it software for showing the pronunciation of English words.

O'Connor was a candidate for NSW Senator at the 2010 Australian federal election, representing the Stable Population Party. He ran again for the senate in the 2013 Australian federal election.[3]

References
  1. "Mark O'Connor - Australian Poet - Biography". australianpoet.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. O'Connor, Mark (2000). The olive tree : collected poems 1972-2000. Alexandria, NSW: Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 0868066974.
  3. Page, Fleta (16 June 2013). "Advocate of stable population makes bid for ACT Senate". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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