Personal details
Full Name:
- Thomas Allen Munro Curnow
Lifetime:
- 17 Jun 1911–23 Sep 2001
Biography
Allen Curnow was one of the defining voices of 20th-century New Zealand literature. His career spanned six decades and there was a strong local and international following for his work.
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Making of New Zealand literature
Historian and poet Keith Sinclair has argued that the 1950s was the decade 'when the New Zealand intellect and imagination came alive'
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Main image: Allen Curnow and friends
Allen Curnow, Denis Glover, Bob Lowry and Captain Donald McWilliam, seated in front of a movie hoarding in Christchurch in 1948.
