R. A. K. Mason

Ronald Allison Kells Mason (10 January 1905 – 13 July 1971) was described by Allen Curnow as New Zealand's "first wholly original, unmistakably gifted poet".[1] [2]

For the drama producer and BBC executive, see Ronald Mason (drama).
R. A. K. Mason
Born
Ronald Allison Kells Mason

(1905-01-10)10 January 1905
Penrose, Auckland, New Zealand
Died13 July 1971(1971-07-13) (aged 66)
Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
OccupationPoet

He was born in Penrose, Auckland on 10 January 1905.[3] [4]

He was educated at Auckland Grammar School, where he met fellow poet A. R. D. Fairburn.

Mason was the holder of the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago in 1962.[5]

He died in Takapuna, Auckland on 13 July 1971.[6]

Works

Poetry
  • The Beggar (Whitcombe & Tombs, 1924)
  • Penny Broadsheet (Whitcombe & Tombs, 1924)
  • No New Thing (Spearhead Publishers, 1934)
  • End of Day (Caxton Press, 1936)
  • This Dark Will Lighten (Caxton Press, 1941)
  • China Dances and Other Poems (John McIndoe, 1962)
  • Collected Poems (Pegasus Press, 1962)

Radio Play
  • Squire Speaks (Caxton Press, 1938)

Prose
  • Frontier Forsaken: An Outline History of the Cook Islands (Challenge, 1947)
  • Four Short Stories 1931–1935 (Holloway Press, 2003)

References
  1. R.A.K. Mason New Zealand Book Council website. Retrieved 18 May 2019
  2. R.A.K. Mason - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library Archived 28 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Who’s Who in New Zealand, 9th edition, edited by G C Petersen, p235 (1968, Reed, Wellington)
  4. Who’s Who in New Zealand, 10th edition, edited by G C Petersen, p238 (1971, Reed, Wellington)
  5. "R. A. K. Mason - 1962". Nourishing the Roots: An exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. University of Otago. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. Who’s Who in New Zealand, 11th edition, edited by J E Traue, p299 (1978, Reed, Wellington)


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