Vincent Thomas Buckley was an Australian poet, teacher, editor, essayist and critic.
16 Facts About Vincent Buckley
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In 1942, Vincent Buckley worked for eight months as a clerk in the Commonwealth Department of Supply and Shipping.
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On 13 December 1943, Vincent Buckley enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force, where he served as a recorder.
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In 1946, Vincent Buckley entered University of Melbourne and on 12 July 1947, he married Edna Jean Forbes.
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In 1950, Vincent Buckley received a bachelor's degree from the university and in 1951 started teaching English there.
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In 1954, Vincent Buckley was awarded a master's degree from the university.
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In 1957, Vincent Buckley returned to the University of Melbourne and published his collection, Poetry: Mainly Australian.
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Vincent Buckley edited the magazine, Prospect, from 1958 to 1964, and was the poetry editor of the Bulletin from 1961 until 1963.
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In 1966, Vincent Buckley published the collection Arcady and Other Places and in 1967 held a personal Chair in Poetry at the university.
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Between 1967 and 1979, Vincent Buckley lived for periods in Ireland, where he founded the Committee for Civil Rights.
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On 18 September 1976, in Middle Brighton, Vincent Buckley married Penelope Jane Curtis, a 33-year-old research student In 1982, Vincent Buckley was awarded the Christopher Brennan Award.
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In 1987, due to bad health, Vincent Buckley retired from the university.
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On 12 November 1988, Vincent Buckley died of a heart attack in Kew, Victoria.
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Vincent Buckley was buried in Melton Cemetery in Melton, Victoria.
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Vincent Buckley was heavily involved in Catholic intellectual debate during the period of the Cold War and the emergence in Australia of the Democratic Labour Party.
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Vincent Buckley's critical writing includes volumes on poetry, the novelist Henry Handel Richardson, and Leonard French's Campion paintings.