Biography

E.J. Rupert Atkinson was born in Sandhurst

Sandhurst, Victoria

Sandhurst is an official bounded locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 37 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Frankston....

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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, and died in East Melbourne, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, just after his eightieth birthday. Atkinson completed his high school education at Rugby School

Rugby School

Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...

 and Dover College

Dover College

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, after commencing at St Andrew's College, Bendigo. He matriculated and studied medicine 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...

 but did not complete the course. After his father's death Atkinson inherited substantial property in the Bendigo area and soon devoted himself to a life of literature.

Verse

• The Shrine of Desire: Poems (1906)
• By a Midnight Sea: Poems (1908)
• A Modern Magdelene (1913) (aka The Renegades: A Tale in Verse)
• Wayside Poems (1913)
• A Flagon of Song (1919)
• We Gods in Masquerade (1964)

Drama

• A Nocturne (1919)
• Each Man a Multitude: a fantastic tragedy in three acts (1923)
• Ten Years' Remorse: a play in one act (1923)
• A Prologue to a Tragedy (1924)
• Boronia for the Soul (1925)
• Prologue to a Tragedy (1928) (aka A Prologue and Three Plays)

External links

• http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070124b.htm?hilite=atkinson -- Australian Dictionary of Biography.
• AustLit entry - detailed bibliographical information on Atkinson