Eric Beach
New Zealand and Australian poet, playwright, and short story writer
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Eric Beach (1947 – November 2024),[1] was a New Zealand and Australian poet, playwright, and short story writer.
Born in New Zealand, Beach lived in Tasmania and in Victoria from 1972.[2] He was active in the Australian Performance Poetry scene, performing at workshops, readings and events around Australia.[3]
His publication Weeping for Lost Babylon won the 1996 Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize, and was joint winner of the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.[4]
He lived in Minyip, Victoria in Australia.
Publications
- Weeping for Lost Babylon (HarperCollins, 1996)
- Red Heart My Country (Pardalote Press, 2000)
- Saint Kilda Meets Hugo Ball (Gargoyles Press, 1974)
- In Occupied Territory (The Saturday Centre, 1977)
- A Photo of Some People in a Football Stadium (Overland, 1978)
- Hey Hey Brass Buttons (1990)
