Walter Billeter

by George Dance

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Walter Billeter (born 1943) is an Australian poet.

Life

Billeter was born in Sierre, Switzerland. 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.

Billeter emigrated to Australia in 1966.. 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. 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.

Besides his own poetry, Billeter has translatied the work of German of Konrad Bayer and Paul Celan.

Publications

Poetry

• Sediments of Seclusion. Armadale, Vic: Contempa Publications, 1973.

Translated

• Breath Crystals / translations of Paul Celan. [Atemkristal] Paris: Brunidor, 1965. Ivanhoe, Vic.: Ragman, 1966.

Edited

• Sphaira (magazine). 1962-1964.
• etymspheres (magazine). 1974.
• Three Blind Mice (anthology). 1977.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Australian Poetry Library.

See also

• List of Australian poets

External links

Poems

• Walter Billeter (1943- ) in the Australian Poetry Library (19 poems).

About

• Walter Billeter in the Oxford Companion to Australian Literature.