Michael Dugan (poet)

Michael Dugan (1947 – 16 March 2006) was an Australian poet, children's writer, and editor. In 1968, he first published his own small poetry magazine,^[1] Crosscurrents Magazine, from the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury. Dugan also created the King Hippo Poetry Band who performed folk-rock versions of well-known poems. With Phillip Edmonds and Robert Kenny, he was involved in the development of Contempa Publications.

In the 1970s, he worked as a consultant to the publisher Jacaranda Press, and was the editor of The Australian Library News Furthermore, Dugan co-founded and edited Bookmark.

In the 1980s, he was a consultant and an editor for the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs.

He worked as poetry editor of Overland magazine for many years. He also served as vice-president of the Victorian Fellowship of Australian Writers.

Besides children's books, Dugan has also written plays and scripts for radio.

His works

• Missing People (1970)
• The Drunken Tram : Six young Melbourne poets (1972)
• Clouds (1975)
• The Outback Reader (1975) with John Jenkins
• Nonsense Places (1976)
• Dragon's Breath (1978)
• Dingo Boy (1980)
• Melissa's Ghost (1986)
• The Maltese Connection (1988)
• The Highjacked Bathtub (1988)
• The Wombat's Party (1990)
• To a Trainee Accountant (2002)
• Childmemory (?)^[2]

References

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   See also

   • Dugan
   • Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372) Gaelic-Irish poet.
   • Patrick Duggan (10 November 1813 – 15 August 1896) Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert.
   • Tomás Bacach Ó Dúgáin, (fl. 1848–1858), scribe.
   • Maolsheachlainn Ó Dúgáin, (fl. mid-19th century), scribe.
   • Liam Ó Dúgáin, (fl. mid-19th century), scribe.
   • Seánie Duggan (born 1922), retired Irish sportsman.
   • Joe Dugan (1897–1982), American baseball player from 1917–1931
   • General Michael Dugan (born 1937), former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
   • Raymond Smith Dugan, (1878–1940), American Astronomer, textbook author and professor at Princeton University
   • Jeremiah Duggan (1980–2003), British student who died in disputed circumstances linked to the LaRouche movement.
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