Ern Malley was the fictitious poet of Australia's most famous literary hoax. He and his entire body of work were created in one day in 1943 by soldiers James McAuley and Harold Stewart in their attempt to fool the modernist movement. Their hoax would change Australian poetry forever.
Ern Malley was the fictitious poet of Australia's most famous literary hoax. He and his entire body of work were created in one day in 1943 by soldiers James McAuley and Harold Stewart in their attempt to fool the modernist movement. Their hoax would change Australian poetry forever.