Simon West is a poet and Italianist. He has published four books of poetry, including "The Ladder" (2015) and "Carol and Ahoy" (2018).
His most recent book is a collection of essays on Australian poetry and its European influences, Dear Muses? Essays in Poetry (2019). He teaches Italian literature, including a long-running subject on Dante's Inferno "To Hell with Dante". His research areas include Italian and Australian poetry, Dante, Translation Studies and Creative Writing.
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Carol and Ahoy
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John Forbes and a Classical Inheritance in contemporary Australian poetry
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Squaring the Circle: Dante, Memory and the Project of Writing
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Australian poetry: Emery, Cahill, McInerney, Leigh Keates
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Oracles and the Intellect: James McAuley in the Centenary of his Birth
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• 'Dante: The Story of his Life'
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Senior Tutor In Italian Studies
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Culture And Communication
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Doctor of philosophy
The University of Melbourne