Charles Brasch facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Charles Brasch
Charles Brasch, c. 1960
Born	Charles Orwell Brasch (1909-07-27)27 July 1909 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	20 May 1973(1973-05-20) (aged 63) Dunedin, New Zealand
Occupation	Poet literary editor arts patron
Language	New Zealand English
Nationality	New Zealander
Alma mater	St John's College, Oxford University
Period	1932–1973

Charles Orwell Brasch (27 July 1909 – 20 May 1973) was a New Zealand poet, literary editor and arts patron. He was the founding editor of the literary journal Landfall, and through his 20 years of editing the journal, had a significant impact on the development of a literary and artistic culture in New Zealand. His poetry continues to be published in anthologies today, and he provided substantial philanthropic support to the arts in New Zealand, including by establishing the Robert Burns Fellowship, the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship and the Mozart Fellowship at the University of Otago, by providing financial support to New Zealand writers and artists during his lifetime, and by bequeathing his extensive collection of books and artwork in his will to the Hocken Library and the University of Otago.

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  Brasch with his father, Hyam (Henry), and sister Lesley, c. 1920

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  Brasch as a young adult

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  Memorial plaque dedicated to Brasch in Dunedin, on the Writers' Walk on the Octagon