Quentin Pope

Charles Quentin Fernie Pope (1900–1961) was a New Zealand writer, journalist, poet and poetry anthologist, foreign correspondent and war correspondent. He was born in Wanganui, New Zealand, and died in Hong Kong.

Kowhai Gold, the 1930 anthology of New Zealand poetry edited by Pope and published in London and New York included some poets still read: Eileen Duggan, A. R. D. Fairburn, Robin Hyde, Katherine Mansfield and R. A. K. Mason. But with many less distinguished and overly sentimental contributions, Kowhai Gold became a derogatory term to later poets.[1]

As a war correspondent from New Zealand in World War II, Pope chafed against the censorship of his writing, particularly about the American forces stationed in New Zealand and he "caused [..] more trouble than all the other Press correspondents put together".[2]

Selected works

References
  1. Millar, Paul (2006). "Kowhai Gold: An Anthology of Contemporary New Zealand Verse". In Robinson, Roger; Wattie, Nelson (eds.). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195583489.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-1917-3519-6. OCLC 865265749. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. O'Brien, Brian. "Charles Quentin Fernie Pope". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.


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