Eric Beach

For the American political consultant, see Eric Beach (political consultant).

Eric Beach (1947 – November 2024),[1] was a New Zealand and Australian poet, playwright, and short story writer.

Born in New Zealand, Beach lived in Tasmania and in Victoria from 1972.[2] He was active in the Australian Performance Poetry scene, performing at workshops, readings and events around Australia.[3]

His publication Weeping for Lost Babylon won the 1996 Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize, and was joint winner of the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.[4]

He lived in Minyip, Victoria in Australia.

Publications

  • Weeping for Lost Babylon (HarperCollins, 1996)
  • Red Heart My Country (Pardalote Press, 2000)
  • Saint Kilda Meets Hugo Ball (Gargoyles Press, 1974)
  • In Occupied Territory (The Saturday Centre, 1977)
  • A Photo of Some People in a Football Stadium (Overland, 1978)
  • Hey Hey Brass Buttons (1990)

References

  1. ^ "Eric Beach". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  2. ^ Australian Poets and Their Works, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996
  3. ^ http://www.thylazine.org/directory/directb/ Archived 5 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Thylazine Foundation: Arts, Ethics and Literature.
  4. ^ "Australian Poetry Library".


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