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Denis James Matthews Glover DSC (9 December 1912 – 9 August 1980) was a New Zealand poet and publisher.
Denis James Matthews Glover DSC was a New Zealand poet and publisher.

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Denis Glover: His Life

Denis Glover (1912 - 80) is one of New Zealand's outstanding literary figures. A celebrated poet, typographer and publisher, he played a key role in the Golden Age of New Zealand literature, which also produced Sargeson, Curnow, Mason, Fairburn and Brasch. The author of 21 collections of poetry as well as fiction, drama, miscellanies and autobiographical works, his Caxton press was also the first to publish James K. Baxter and Janet Frame.

This first comprehensive biography of Glover investigates all aspects of his turbulent life. It examines closely his development as a writer and literary impresario and offers an illuminating portrayal of the New Zealand cultural scene during its most vital decades. It also provides revealing, poignant and sometimes disturbing insights into Glover's relationships with his family, his lovers and his literary colleagues.

Glover was also a brilliant wit, versatile sportsman, war hero and public celebrity. DENIS GLOVER: HIS LIFE presents a multi-faceted individual with an almost Elizabethan breadth of talents and

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Denis Glover

Denis Glover emerged as a poet in New Zealand in the 1930s, one of the new artistic generation of modernists and nationalists. A product of two of New Zealand’s elite secondary schools — Auckland Grammar School and Christ’s College — he graduated with a degree in English and Greek from Canterbury University College, where he was for a time assistant lecturer in English. In World War Two he was seconded to the Royal Navy, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Normandy invasion.

But Glover was not quite the Establishment figure all this implies. Though he was noted for his sporting prowess — he was a University boxing Blue and a New Zealand welterweight contender, a cricket player, a rugby player and a mountaineer — he was also resolutely literary and bohemian, battling with university authorities to establish a printing press on campus which later published anti-authoritarian and sexually-contentious poetry. He was argumentative — a firebrand, and something of a rakehell — who was sacked

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Denis Glover

New Zealand poet and publisher (1912–1980)

This article is about the New Zealand poet and publisher. For the Australian writer, see Dennis Glover.

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Born	Denis James Matthews Glover (1912-12-09)9 December 1912 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	9 August 1980(1980-08-09) (aged 67) Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation
Education	University of Canterbury, BA
Spouses	Mary Granville (m. 1936; div. 1970) Gladys Evelyn Cameron (m. 1971)
Partner	Khura Skelton (1954–1969)

Denis James Matthews GloverDSC (9 December 1912 – 9 August 1980) was a New Zealand poet and publisher. Born in Dunedin, he attended the University of Canterbury where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts, and subsequently lectured. He worked as a reporter and editor for a time, and in 1937 founded the Caxton Press, which published the works of many well-known New Zealand writers of the day (including Glover's own poetry). After a period of serv