Bibliography

Published works by Les Murray: comprising Poetry, Prose, Works in Translation and Edited Volumes (based upon material provided by Les Murray and biographer, Peter Alexander). Also listed are academic Studies on Les Murray.

The llex Tree
(with Geoffrey Lehmann)
Canberra: ANU Press, 1965.

The Weatherboard Cathedral Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1969.

Poems Against Economics
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1972.

Lunch & Counter Lunch Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1974.

Selected Poems: The Vernacular Republic
Sydney/London: Angus & Robertson, 1976.

Creeper Habit
Broadsheet/Open Door Press, 1976

Ethnic Radio
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1977.

The Boys Who Stole The Funeral Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1979, 1980; Manchester: Carcanet, 1989; New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991.

The Vernacular Republic: Poems 1961-1981 (enlarged and revised edition of 1976 publication) Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1982; Edinburgh: Canongate, 1982; New York: Persea Books, 1982; (enlarged and revised edition) Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1988.

Equanimities
(limited edition 350 copies)
Copenhagen: Razorback Press 1982.

The People's Otherworld
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1983.

Selected Poems Manchester: Carcanet, 1986.

The Daylight Moon
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1987;
Manchester: Carcanet, 1988;
New York: Perse a Books, 1988.

The Gravy in Images
International Liturgy Assembly, 1988.

The Idyll Wheel: Cycle of a Year at Bunyah, NSW, April 1986 - April 1987
(limited edition, 200 copies)
Canberra: Officina Brindabella, 1989.

Dog Fox Field Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1990; Manchester: Carcanet, 1991; New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993.

Collected Poems
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1991;
Manchester: Carcanet, 1991;
London: Minerva, 1992;
(released as The Rabbiter's Bounty: Collected Poems)
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991.

Translations From the Natural World Paddington: Isabella Press, 1992; Manchester: Carcanet, 1993; New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.

Collected Poems
Port Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia, 1994.

Subhuman Redneck Poems Manchester: Carcanet, 1996; Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove, 1996.

Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse Manchester: Carcanet, 1998; Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove, 1998.

Collected Poems Manchester: Carcanet, 1998.

Conscious & Verbal Manchester: Carcanet, 1999; Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove, 2000.

New Selected Poems Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove, 1999.

Learning Human: Selected Poems USA: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000.

Learning Human: New Selected Poems Manchester: Carcanet, 2001.

Poems the Size of Photographs Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002.

Collected Poems Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002.

The Full Dress: An Encounter with the National Gallery of Australia National Gallery of Australia, 2002.

New Collected Poems Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002. Manchester: Carcanet, 2003. [see Table of Contents]

Learning Human: New Selected Poems Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove, 2003.

The Biplane Houses Melbourne: Black Inc., 2006 Manchester: Carcanet, 2006.

Selected Poems Melbourne: Black Inc., 2007.

The Peasant Mandarin: Prose Pieces
St. Lucia: UQP , 1978.

Persistence in Folly: Selected Prose Writings
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1984.

The Australian Year: The Chronicle of our Seasons and Celebrations
(with photographs by Peter Solness and others)
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1985.

Blocks and Tackles: Articles and Essays 1982 to 1990
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1990.

The Paperbark Tree: Selected Prose
Manchester: Carcanet, 1992;
London: Minerva, 1993.

Killing the Black Dog (introduced and edited by Christine Alexander) Annandale: Federation Press, 1996.

A Working Forest: Selected Prose Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove, 1997.

The Quality of Sprawl: Thoughts about Australia Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove, 1999.

Introduction to The Shiralee (a novel by D'Arcy Niland) London: Penguin, 2001.

Nonchalant och skitig med dödliga fräknar [The Quality of Sprawl and A Working Forest] (Swedish translation by Jonas Ellerström) Stockholm: Bromergs, 2007.

Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Regenbogen [An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow]
(German translations by Margitt Lehbert)
Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1996.

De slabonenpreek [Selected Poems] (introduced and translated by Maarten Elzinga) Amsterdam: Meulenhof, 1997.

Midtsommars is [Midsummer Ice]
(Norwegian translations by Grethe Fosse)
Oslo: Solum Forlag, 1997.

En helt almindelig Regubue: Digte [An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow: Poems]
(Danish translated by Martin Leer)
Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1998.

Tillflykt till ödemarken: dikter [Escape to the Outback: Poems] (Swedish translations by Stewe Claeson, Jonas Ellerström & Lars Hakan Svennson) Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 2000.

Poemes subhumans
(Catalan translations by Víctor Batallé)
Barcelona: Columna, 2000.

Australia Australia
(Spanish translation and essay/notes by Gabriel Planella)
Barcelona: Editorial Lumen, 1997/2000.

Fredy Neptune (Dutch translation) Amsterdam: Meulenhof, 2001.

Fredy Neptune (German translation by Thomas Eichhorn) Ammann and Verlag, 2004.

Un Arcobaleno Perfettamente Normale [An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow] (Italian translations by Gaetano Prampolini) Biblioteca Adelphi, 2004.

The End of Symbol (Russian translation by Regina Derieva of a selection of poems; bilingual edition) New York and Stockholm: Ars-Interpres, 2004.

Freddy Nettuno (Italian translation by Massimiliano Morini; bilingual edition) Giano, 2004.

Selected Poems
(Hindi translations by Anuraag Sharma)
New Delhi: Sarup and Sons, 2004.

Traumbabwe ["Dreambabwe", a Subhman Redneck poem] (German translation of shorter poems by Margitt Lehbert) Ammann, 2005.

Lettere dalla Beozia [Letters from Boeotia] (Italian translation of poetry and prose by Massimiliano Morini) Giano, 2005.

Dikter från den efterblivna landsbygden [Subhuman Redneck Poems] (Swedish translation by Stewe Claeson, Jonas Ellerström and Lars-Håkan Svensson ) Stockholm: Bromergs, 2006.

Gedichte, groß wie Photos [Poems the Size of Photographs] (German translation by Margitt Lehbert) Hörby: Rugerup, 2006

Heilige Kühe: Ausgewählte Gedichte [Holy Cow: Selected poems] (German translation by Margitt Lehbert) Hörby: Rugerup, 2006

Übersetzungen aus der Natur [Translations from the Natural World - selections] (German translation by Margitt Lehbert) Hörby: Rugerup, 2007

The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1986;
Oxford, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1991 (expanded edition).

Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry
Melbourne: Collins Dove, 1986;
Melbourne: Collins Dove, 1991 (2nd edition).

A. B. Paterson: Selected Poems Australia: Collins/Angus & Robertson, 1992, 1996.

Fivefathers: Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1994.

Best Australian Poems 2004 Melbourne: Black Inc, 2004

Hell and After: Four early English-language poets of Australia Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2005.

Best Australian Poems 2005 Melbourne: Black Inc, 2005

Brodie's Notes on Les A. Murray's Selected Poems: The Vernacular Republic by Pamela Lloyd
Sydney: Pan Books, 1988.

A Vivid Steady State by Lawrence Bourke Kensington, NSW: NSW University Press and New Endeavour Press, 1992.

Counterbalancing Light: Essays on Les Murray ed. Carmel Gaffney
Armidale: Kardoorair Press, 1997.

A Dimension of the Angel: A Study of Les Murray's Poetry by Anurag Sharma
Jaipur: Bohra Prakashan, 1997.

Les Murray: A Life in Progress by Peter Alexander Oxford, Melbourne, USA: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Les Murray by Steven Matthews Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001.

Poetry of Les Murray: Critical Essays
ed. Laurie Hergenham and Bruce Clunies Ross
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2002.

Les Murray and Australian Poetry ed. Angela Smith London: Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, 2002.

Les Murray Country: Development and Significance of an Australian Poetic Landscape by Ulla Fürstenberg Tubingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2004.