Kenneth Slessor

Kenneth Slessor

March 27, 1901 – June 30, 1971
Countries: Australia
Place of Birth: , New South Wales
Place of Death: North Sydney, New South Wales

Kenneth Adolphe Slessor OBE (27 March 1901 – 30 June 1971) was an Australian poet, journalist and official war correspondent in World War II. He was one of Australia's leading poets, notable particularly for the absorption of modernist influences into Australian poetry. The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is named after him.