1. Peter John Olds was a New Zealand poet from Dunedin.
10 Facts About Peter Olds
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Peter Olds was regarded as being a significant contributor within New Zealand literary circles, in particular, having an influence with younger poets in the 1970s.
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Peter Olds left school at 15, settled in Dunedin in the mid-60s and began writing in 1966, completing a one-act play while he was employed by the Globe Theatre building stage sets.
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Peter Olds's published broadsheets include Exit: 2 Poems, Schizophrenic Highway, and The Habits You Left Behind: Poem.
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Peter Olds replied to his friend James K Baxter's poem Letter to Peter Olds with his Doctor's Rock.
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Guedea said that Peter Olds was an important writer whose work deserved to be read more widely.
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Peter Olds is a master of laconic comedy, offering us delicate absurdist perceptions robustly expressed: childhood winter mornings in an antiquated Christchurch, a portrait of his father as 'a clergyman sitting up in bed.
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Peter Olds weaves a consciousness of the moment into a personal mythography.
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When his poem At Murdering Beach was published, Peter Olds shared one aspect of his inspiration:.
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In recognition of his contribution to local literature, Peter Olds' name was added to the Dunedin Writers' Walk with an official plaque unveiled on Friday 18 February 2022.