James K. Baxter

Description: (One of New Zealand’s Best Known and Best Loved Poets)
One of New Zealand’s best-known poets, James K. Baxter was inspired by Romantic and British modernist poets and mythology. He also penned the popular radio play Jack Winter’s Dream, apart from various other plays and social and literary criticism. He used his Maori name Hemi later in life.

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Birthday June 29, 1926 (Cancer)
Born In Dunedin, New Zealand
Died on October 22, 1972
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