John Ellison Davies
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | writer |
| Location | NSW, Australia |
| Introduction | Australia's foremost poet. John announced in 2023 that he would stop writing: "I've said it all. It's time to cultivate my garden." Author of the novella "Flirtation Hill", "Allow Only Joy: Selected Poems", and other works. John Davies began his working life in Sydney as an editorial adviser to K.G. Murray Publishers and feature writer for Nation Review, before becoming contemporary dance critic for the National Times. His poems and short stories have appeared in Northern Perspective, Southerly, The Australian, Newcastle Herald, The Age, Adelaide Review, Overland, Mattoid, Phoenix Review, Fremantle Arts Review, The Canberra Times, Fine Line, Webber’s, the Sydney Morning Herald, Ulitarra, the Weekend Australian Review, Quadrant, and Eureka Street. He has reviewed books for Southerly, Northern Perspective, Mattoid, and Australian Book Review. His short story "Sensible Shoes" was published in Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian/New Zealand Literature Vol 27 No. 2 Dec. 2013. |
| Favorite movies | A Bigger Splash, F for Fake |
| Favorite music | Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Bryan Ferry. |
| Favorite books | Riders in the Chariot, The Vivisector, Our Man in Havana, the novels of C.P. Snow and Naguib Mahfouz. |