Allen Curnow
- January 8, 2024
- Poet
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Allen Curnow |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Date Of Birth | Jun 17, 1911(1911-06-17) |
| Age | 113 |
| Date Of Death | 2001-09-23 |
| Birthplace | Timaru |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Birth City | Canterbury |
| Horoscope | Gemini |
Allen Curnow Biography
| Name | Allen Curnow |
| Birthday | Jun 17 |
| Birth Year | 1911 |
| Place Of Birth | Timaru |
| Home Town | Canterbury |
| Birth Country | New Zealand |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Allen Curnow is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on June 17, 1911 in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand. Twenty-first century poet, journalist and satirist, best known for his Book of New Zealand Verse. Whim-Wham and A Small Room With Large Windows are two of his other works.
He was a literary contemporan of He was a literary contemporary of Patrick White. White was an Australian recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.. White was an Australian winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
During World War II, he married and began his family.
Allen Curnow Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Allen Curnow is one of the richest Poet from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Allen Curnow 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was the son of Anglican clergymen and he studied at St. John’s Theological College. However, he quickly abandoned the idea of a ministry career.
Valley of Decision was his first collection of poetry. It explored his vocational and religious crises.
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Facts & Trivia
Allen Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Allen Curnow celebrates birthday on June 17 of every year.
What did Allen Curnow write about?
Some of Curnow’s early poems were inspired by a personal religious crisis that took place during his studies for the ministry. Other early poems tend toward political or social satire. As his work matured, Curnow’s verse centred more on New Zealand, especially on its history.
How does Alan Curnow personify time?
Curnow highlights time as a human construct and uses personification to insinuate how time is inescapable, it is there in every single detail and it will remain there and everywhere else at the same time. Personification is displayed using “I, time…” which is in stanza 5 and 6, both in line one.
When was the poem Time published by Allen Curnow?
First published in 1977 , ‘Time’ reflects nature and life in New Zealand. Some of his poetry tried to explore ‘the private and unanswerable. ‘ This is one such poem..
What does the title of the poem house and land suggest?
Allen Curnow’s “House and Land” published in 1941, is one his most frequently anthologized poems. Allen Curnow’s “House and Land” investigates the sentiment of alienation experienced by the settlers even though they have spent two generations in the adopted land. Curnow emphasizes the theme of displacement.
Where did James K Baxter live?
A community was established on the Whanganui River at the remote rural settlement of Jerusalem in 1969. Baxter now referred to himself as ‘Hemi’. In addition to his time at Jerusalem, he periodically lived with drug addicts in an Auckland commune.