James k baxter biography definition

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James K. Baxter

James Keir Baxter, né le à Dunedin, et mort le à Auckland, est un poète et un dramaturge néo-zélandais. Il était connu comme militant pour la préservation de la culture maorie.

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James K. Baxter est né à Dunedin, fils d’ Archibald Baxter et de Millicent Brown, et a grandi près de Brighton^[1]. Il est nommé d'après James Keir Hardie, l'un des fondateurs du parti travailliste britannique. Son père est fermier, il a été objecteur de conscience pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Sa mère, Millicent Baxter (en), est issue d'une famille de lettrés, son grand-père maternel est professeur à l'université de Canterbury et sa grand-mère maternelle est diplômée de Canterbury College. Millicent Baxter fait ses études au Presbyterian Ladies' College de Sydney (en), et obtient son diplôme à l'université de Sydney en 1908, elle poursuit ses études à Newnham College, obtenant la deuxième place aux tripos de l'université de Cambridge en 1912^[2].

James K. Baxter épouse en 1948 l'écrivaine d'origine maorie, Jacqueline Sturm. Il devient anglican la même année^[1]. Il s'inscrit au Wellington Teachers' College. En 1952, une sélection de ses poèmes est publiée dans un volume collaboratif, Poems Unpleasant. Il poursuit

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James K. Baxter

New Zealand poet (1926–1972)

James K. Baxter
Baxter in c. 1955
Born	James Keir Baxter (1926-06-29)29 June 1926 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	22 October 1972(1972-10-22) (aged 46) Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Poet
Period	1944–1972
Literary movement	Wellington Group
Spouse
Relatives	John Baxter (son)

James Keir Baxter (29 June 1926 – 22 October 1972) was a New Zealand poet and playwright. He was also known as an activist for the preservation of Māori culture. He is one of New Zealand's most well-known and controversial literary figures. He was a prolific writer who produced numerous poems, plays and articles in his short life, and was regarded as the preeminent writer of his generation. He suffered from alcoholism until the late 1950s. He converted to Catholicism and established a controversial commune at Jerusalem, New Zealand, in 1969. He was married to writer Jacquie Sturm.

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Baxter was born in Dunedin as the second son to Archibald Baxter and Millicent Brown and grew up near Brighton, 20 km south of Dunedin city.^[1][2] He was named after James Keir Hardie, a founder of the British Labour Party.^[1]

Baxter's father had been a conscientious objector