Acknowledged as New Zealand’s most accomplished poet, Baxter is also well known for his lifestyle and the counter-cultural community he established beside the Whanganui River.
James K Baxter
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Full Name:
James Keir Baxter
Lifetime:
29 Jun 1926 – 22 Oct 1972
Biography
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22 October 1972
Acknowledged as one of New Zealand’s most accomplished poets, Baxter devoted the last years of his life to social work with alcoholics and drug addicts. He died in Auckland, aged 46.
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Making of New Zealand literature
Historian and poet Keith Sinclair has argued that the 1950s was the decade 'when the New Zealand intellect and imagination came alive' Read the full article
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Historian and poet Keith Sinclair has argued that the 1950s was the decade 'when the New Zealand intellect and imagination came
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Archibald Baxter's memoir, We will not cease, is a powerful account of dissent and its consequences, and has become a classic of New Zealand literature.
