John Leonard (born 1965) is an Australian poet.ACT Writers Showcase
He was born in the UK, and from 1984 to 1987 studied at the University of Oxford. In 1991 he moved to Australia, where he graduated from the University of Queensland with a PhD.
He lives in Canberra, Australia, where he works in the public service. He was poetry editor of the quarterly Overland from 2003 to 2007. In 2020 he was a juror for the Montreal International Poetry Prize.
Works
Poetry Unlove (1991) 100 Elegies for Modernity (1997) Jesus in Kashmir (2003) Braided Lands (2010) A Spell, A Charm (2014) Think of the world: Collected Poems 1986–2016 (2016) Wordfall (2019)
Criticism The Way of Poetry (Three Pines Press) (2010)
History The Reawakening: Religion and the Future of Humanity (2015) The True History of Pocahontas (2015)
Fiction Shakespeare in Virginia (2024), based on the premise that Shakespeare's 1616 death was faked and he went on under an assumed identity to work for the English secret service in the Virginia Colony.Publisher Website
References
External links Author website Interview with author