| LC control no. | n 50018549 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9639.3.C8 |
| Personal name heading | Curnow, Allen, 1911-2001 |
| Variant(s) | Whim Wham, 1911-2001 Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 |
| Other standard no. | Q1463635 0000000110821564 5045649 |
| Birth date | 19110617 |
| Death date | 20010923 |
| Place of birth | Timaru (N.Z.) |
| Place of death | Auckland (N.Z.) |
| Field of activity | Poetry English literature Education, Higher Poetry--Editing Drama Journalism |
| Affiliation | College of St. John the Evangelist (Auckland, N.Z.) Canterbury College (Christchurch, N.Z.) University of Auckland Auckland University College |
| Profession or occupation | Poets College teachers English teachers Editors Dramatists Journalists |
| Found in | His Island & time, 1941. An incorrigible music, c1979: title page (Allen Curnow) Sunday star times, Sept. 30, 2001: p. C7 (Allen Curnow, poet, b. Timaru, June 17, 1911; d. Auckland, Sept. 23, 2001, aged 90) Britannica academic edition, via WWW, April 14, 2014 (Allen Curnow, in full Thomas Allen Monro Curnow; major modern poet of New Zealand; taught English at the University of Auckland from 1951 to 1976; wrote several plays and edited two books of poetry) Te ara, the encyclopedia of New Zealand, via WWW, April 14, 2014: entry for Thomas Allen Monro Curnow (journalist, poet, writer, university professor; started at St. John's College, Auckland in 1931 with a Marsh Scholarship; studied towards a bachelor of arts degree at Auckland University College and completed it at Canterbury in 1938; from 1937, under "Whim Wham," contributed verse satires to the Christchurch Press and later to the New Zealand Herald) |
| Associated language | eng |
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