Geoffrey Lehmann was born in Sydney in 1940. Aged sixteen, he began an Arts/Law course at the University of Sydney, where he co-edited literary magazines with poet Les Murray, with whom he co-published his first book of poetry, The Ilex Tree. He was the first Australian poet to be published by Faber & Faber; his collection Spring Forest was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 1994. His Poems 1957–2013 (University of Western Australia Press, 2014) won the Prime Minister’s prize for poetry. He has edited five poetry anthologies, including Australian Poetry Since 1788, co-edited with Robert Gray (University of New South Wales Press, 2011). He is co-author of a leading taxation textbook, was a partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, has been involved in the design of Australian tax legislation, and was Chairman of the Australian Tax Research Foundation.
This biography of Geoffrey Lehmann is taken from the UNSW Press website.
