Donald Bruce Dawe AO (15 February 1930 – 1 April 2020) was an Australian poet, considered by some as one of the most influential Australian poets of all time.
Awards 1965 – winner of the Myer Poetry Prize 1967 – winner of the Ampol Arts Award for Creative Literature[6] 1968 – winner of the Myer Poetry Prize 1973 – winner of the Dame Mary Gilmore Medal 1978 – winner of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 1979 – winner of the Braille Book of the Year 1980 – winner of the Patrick White Literary Award 1984 – winner of the Christopher Brennan Award 1990 – Paul Harris Fellowship of Rotary International 1992 – made an Officer of the Order of Australia: "In recognition of service to Australian literature, particularly in the field of poetry" 1996 – Alumni Award by the University of New England 1997 – winner of the inaugural Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writers' Festival 2000 – Australian Council for the Arts Emeritus Writers Award for his long and outstanding contribution to Australian literature 2001 – awarded the Centenary Medal for "distinguished service to the arts through poetry" - Wikipeadia