Caxton Press (New Zealand)
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Caxton Press is a printing company founded in 1935 in a partnership between Denis Glover
and John Drew. The press printed the work of many New Zealand writers who have since become familiar names in New Zealand literature.
Poets and authors published by Caxton Press include:
Denis Glover
Lieutenant Commander Denis James Matthews Glover DSC was a New Zealand poet and publisher.Well-known for radical leftist opinions, he was often in trouble with authorities. In 1935 he founded the Caxton Press, which he used to encourage a less sentimental style of poetry in New Zealand than was...
and John Drew. The press printed the work of many New Zealand writers who have since become familiar names in New Zealand literature.
Poets and authors published by Caxton Press include:
- Denis GloverDenis GloverLieutenant Commander Denis James Matthews Glover DSC was a New Zealand poet and publisher.Well-known for radical leftist opinions, he was often in trouble with authorities. In 1935 he founded the Caxton Press, which he used to encourage a less sentimental style of poetry in New Zealand than was...
- Ursula Bethell
- R. A. K. MasonR. A. K. MasonRonald Allison Kells Mason was described by Allen Curnow as New Zealand's "first wholly original, unmistakably gifted poet". He was born in Auckland and educated at Auckland Grammar School, where he met A. R. D...
- Allen CurnowAllen CurnowThomas Allen Munro Curnow ONZ CBE was a New Zealand poet and journalist. Curnow was born in Timaru and educated at Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury University, and Auckland University...
- Charles BraschCharles BraschCharles Orwell Brasch was a New Zealand poet, literary editor and arts patron. He was the founding editor of the literary journal Landfall....
- Frank SargesonFrank SargesonFrank Sargeson was the pen name of Norris Frank Davey. He is considered one of New Zealand's foremost short story writers. Like Katherine Mansfield, Sargeson helped to put New Zealand literature on the world map....
- A. R. D. FairburnA. R. D. FairburnArthur Rex Dugard "Rex" Fairburn was a New Zealand poet who was born and died in Auckland.He attended Auckland Grammar School, where he first met R. A. K. Mason, and worked at various jobs, including relief work on the roads. Later he tutored in English and lectured on the history and theory of...