Nationality New Zealander Occupation Poet | Name R. K. Role Poet | |
Full Name Ronald Allison Kells Mason Born January 10, 1905 ( 1905-01-10 ) Penrose, Auckland, New Zealand Died July 1971, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand Books Four Short Stories, 1931-35, Collected Poems, R.A.K. Mason: Collected Poems | ||
R. A. K. Mason: Stoic Marching Song
Ronald Allison Kells Mason (10 January 1905 - 13 July 1971) was described by Allen Curnow as New Zealand's "first wholly original, unmistakably gifted poet".
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He was born in Penrose, Auckland on 10 January 1905.
He was educated at Auckland Grammar School, where he met fellow poet A. R. D. Fairburn.
Mason was the holder of the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago in 1962.
He died in Takapuna, Auckland on 13 July 1971.
His works
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