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'''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>
  
'''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>
   
 
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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.<ref name=wbilleterapl/>
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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>
   
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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 ''etymspheres''. In 1977 he edited the [[anthology]] ''3 Blind Mice'' with [[Kris Hemensley]] and [[Robert Kenney]].<ref name=wbilleteroc/>
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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]] ''etymspheres''. In 1977 he edited the [[anthology]] ''3 Blind Mice'' with [[Kris Hemensley]] and [[Robert Kenney]].<ref name=wbilleteroc/>
   
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Besides his own poetry, Billeter has translatied the work of German of [[Konrad Bayer]] and [[Paul Celan]].<ref name=wbilleteroc/>
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Besides his own poetry, Billeter has translatied the German poems of [[Konrad Bayer]] and [[Paul Celan]].<ref name=wbilleteroc/>
   
 
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* ''[http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poems-book/sediments-of-seclusion-0444000 Sediments of Seclusion].'' Armadale, Vic: Contempa Publications, 1973.
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*''Australian Novemberies''. Carlton, Vic: Paper Castle, 1978.
   
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* ''Sediments of Seclusion.'' Armadale, Vic: Contempa Publications, 1973.
  
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*Paul Celan, ''Breath Crystals'' [''Atemkristal'']. Paris: Brunidor, 1965; Ivanhoe, Vic: Ragman, 1973.
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*Gerald Bisinger, ''7 New Poems'' [''7 neue Gedichte'']. Thornhill, Southampton, UK: Stingy Artist, 1979.
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*Konrad Bayer, ''The Head of Vitus Bering: A portrait in prose''. Melbourne: Rigmarole of the Hours, 1979.
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*Konrad Bayer, ''The Philosopher's Stone''. Westgarth, Vic: Merri Creek / Nero, 1979.
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**also published in Konrad Bayer, ''Selected Works'' (edited by Malcolm Green). London: Atlas, 1986.
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*''3 Blind Mice'' (edited with [[Kris Hemensley]] & [[Robert Kenny]]). Westgarth, Vic: Rigmarole of the Hours / Ear in a Wheatfield / Paper Castle, 1977.
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London: Atlas, 1986.
   
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<small>Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the [[Australian Poetry Library]].</small><ref name=wbilleterapl>[http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/billeter-walter Walter Billeter (1943- )], Australian Poetry Library, Web, Mar. 3, 2012.</ref>
  
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Latest revision as of 01:58, 7 March 2017

by George J. Dance

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Walter Billeter (born 1943) is an Australian poet.[1]

Life[]

Billeter was born in Sierre, Switzerland.[1] 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.[2]

Billeter emigrated to Australia in 1966.[1]. 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.[2] In 1974 he and John Jenkins founded the literary magazine etymspheres. In 1977 he edited the anthology 3 Blind Mice with Kris Hemensley and Robert Kenney.[1]

Besides his own poetry, Billeter has translatied the German poems of Konrad Bayer and Paul Celan.[1]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • 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-


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Walter Billeter," Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, Answers.com, Web, Mar. 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Walter Billeter (1943- ), Australian Poetry Library, Web, Mar. 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ Search results = au:Walter Billeter, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, May 3, 2014.

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