Adrian Caesar (born 1955) is an Australian author and poet.

Caesar was born in Manchester, United Kingdom and emigrated to Australia in 1982.^[1] He studied at Reading University and has held appointments at various Australian universities, including the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales' School of Humanities and Social Sciences.^[2]

Writing

Caesar is the author of several books, including the prize-winning non-fiction novel The White based on the Antarctic exploration of Robert F. Scott and Douglas Mawson from 1911 to 1913. His later novel, The Blessing was long-listed for the Voss Literary Prize in 2016. His poems have been widely published^[1] and his 2005 poetry collection High Wire was shortlisted for the 2007 Judith Wright Prize.

Bibliography

Novels

• The White: Last Days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911-1913 (1999)
• The Blessing (2015)

Collected poetry

• Hunger Games (1996)
• Life Sentences (1998)
• The June Fireworks: New and Selected Poems (2001)
• High Wire (2005)
• Dark Cupboards New Rooms (2014)

Non Fiction

• Dividing Lines: Poetry, Class and ideology in the 1930s (1991)
• Taking it Like a Man: Suffering, Sexuality and the War Poets (1993)
• Kenneth Slessor (1995)

Awards

The White: Last Days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911–1913

• 2000 Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction
• 2000 ACT Book of the Year