Paul Grano
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Paul Langton Grano was an Australia
n poet and journalist.
, Grano studied at the University of Melbourne
. He worked as a journalist and commercial traveller, and in 1932 moved to Queensland
where he worked in the Main Roads Commission. In 1933, he founded the Catholic Poetry Society in Brisbane
, and in 1934 the Catholic Readers' and Writers' Society.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n poet and journalist.
Biography
Born in Ararat, VictoriaArarat, Victoria
Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera...
, Grano studied at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
. He worked as a journalist and commercial traveller, and in 1932 moved to Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
where he worked in the Main Roads Commission. In 1933, he founded the Catholic Poetry Society in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, and in 1934 the Catholic Readers' and Writers' Society.
Works
- Quest, Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1940
- Poet's Holiday, Brisbane : Yallaroi Publication, 1941
- Poems Old & New, Melbourne: Georgian House, 1945
- Witness to the Stars: an Anthology of Australasian Verse by Catholic Poets, edited by Paul Grano; with foreword by George O'Neill, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1946
- Selected Verse of Paul Grano (1894-1975), Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1976