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''by [[George J. Dance]]'' [[File:Placeholder|right|300px]] '''Walter Billeter''' (born 1943) is an [[Australian poetry|Australian poet]].<ref name=wbilleteroc>"[http://www.answers.com/topic/walter-billeter Walter Billeter]," ''Oxford Companion to Australian Literature,'' Answers.com, Web, Mar. 3, 2012.</ref> ==Life== Billeter was born in Sierre, Switzerland.<ref name=wbilleteroc/> He was trained as a draftsman in Basel, where he first began to publish poetry. He co-founded a [[Literary magazine]], ''Sphaira,'' which published 1962-1964.</small><ref name=wbilleterapl>[http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/billeter-walter Walter Billeter (1943- )], Australian Poetry Library, Web, Mar. 3, 2012.</ref> Billeter emigrated to Australia in 1966.<ref name=wbilleteroc/>. He settled in Sydney, where he worked as a draftsman, and began contributing to Australian magazines. He published his only collection of poetry in 1973.<ref name=wbilleterapl/> In 1974 he and [[John Jenkins]] founded the [[literary magazine]]Β ''etymspheres''. In 1977 he edited the [[anthology]] ''3 Blind Mice'' with [[Kris Hemensley]] and [[Robert Kenney]].<ref name=wbilleteroc/> Besides his own poetry, Billeter has translatied the German poems of [[Konrad Bayer]] and [[Paul Celan]].<ref name=wbilleteroc/> ==Publications== ===Poetry=== * ''[http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poems-book/sediments-of-seclusion-0444000 Sediments of Seclusion].'' Armadale, Vic: Contempa Publications, 1973. *''Australian Novemberies''. Carlton, Vic: Paper Castle, 1978. === Translated=== *Paul Celan, ''Breath Crystals'' [''Atemkristal'']. Paris: Brunidor, 1965; Ivanhoe, Vic: Ragman, 1973. *Gerald Bisinger, ''7 New Poems'' [''7 neue Gedichte'']. Thornhill, Southampton, UK: Stingy Artist, 1979. *Konrad Bayer, ''The Head of Vitus Bering: A portrait in prose''. Melbourne: Rigmarole of the Hours, 1979. *Konrad Bayer, ''The Philosopher's Stone''. Westgarth, Vic: Merri Creek / Nero, 1979. **also published in Konrad Bayer, ''Selected Works'' (edited by Malcolm Green). London: Atlas, 1986. *''3 Blind Mice'' (edited with [[Kris Hemensley]] & [[Robert Kenny]]). Westgarth, Vic: Rigmarole of the Hours / Ear in a Wheatfield / Paper Castle, 1977. London: Atlas, 1986. ===Edited=== * ''Sphaira'' (magazine). 1962-1964. * ''etymspheres: The journal from the Paper Castle'' (magazine). Carlton, Vic: 1973- <small>''Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy [[WorldCat]]''</small>.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AWalter+Billeter&fq=&dblist=638 Search results = au:Walter Billeter], WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, May 3, 2014.</ref> ==See also== * [[List of Australian poets]] ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== ;Poems * [http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/billeter-walter Walter Billeter (1943- )] in the [[Australian Poetry Library]] (19 poems). ;About * [http://www.answers.com/topic/walter-billeter Walter Billeter] in the ''Oxford Companion to Australian Literature''. {{PPP}} {{GD}} {{Authority control|VIAF=10782986}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Billeter, Walter}} {{2014}} [[Category:20th-century poets]] [[Category:Australian poets]] [[Category:English-language poets]] [[Category:German-language poets]] [[Category:Translators to English]] [[Category:Australian translators]] [[Category:Poets]] [[Category:People from Switzerland]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1943 births]]
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