Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Poet, Melbourne

Chris Wallace-Crabbe, poet, essayist and critic is Emeritus Professor in the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne. His latest collection is By and Large (Brandl & Schlesinger, Carcanet). His prose books include Falling into Language (O.U.P) and the anthology Author. Author! He has read his poetry to audiences all around the globe, and has been Visiting Professor at Harvard and at the University of Venice. For the past ten years he has worked with the painter Bruno Leti on artists’ books, those rare, beautiful objects. He is genially obsessed by trees, drawing and ball games.