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James Fenton

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Also known as James Edward Fenton

Australian politician (1864–1950)

Person · Open Library

Born
1949
Works
61

Top works

  • The Poetry Quartets
  • Travelling Hopefully
  • Côté guerre, côté jardin
  • Put thou thy tears into my bottle
  • Yellow tulips

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1950-10-19
filmfilm composersoundtracktelevision

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4
Total plays
18

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Quotes

  • Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in its origins, its transmission was oral.
  • Poetry is not a metrical exercise.
  • It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down.It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses.It is not the streets that exist. It is the streets that no longer exist.
  • YesYou have come upon the fabled lands where mythsGo when they die,But some, especially the Brummagem capitalistJuju, have arrived prematurely.
  • A serious mistake in a nightie, A grave disappointment all roundIs all that you'll get from th'Almighty, Is all that you'll get underground.Oh he said: "If you lay off the crumpetI'll see you alright in the end.Just hang on until the last trumpet.Have faith in me, chum – I'm your friend."
  • Windbags can be right. Aphorists can be wrong. It is a tough world.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
James
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Avoca
Place of death
Frankston
Occupation
politician
Political party
Australian Labor Party
Languages spoken
English language
Image
James Fenton - Dover Studios (cropped).jpg
Work location
Canberra
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name in native language
James Fenton
writing language
English language
date of death
1950-12-02
date of birth
1864-02-04
Commons category
James Fenton (Australian politician)

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