J. S. Harry, orJan Harry (4 January 1939 – 20 May 2015[1]), was an Australian poet described as "one of Australian poetry’s keenestsatirists, political and social commentators, and perhaps its most ethical agent and antagonist."[2]
J. S. Harry was born inSouth Australia but soon moved to Sydney, where she remained.[3] She worked as an editor forRadio National and held a residency at theAustralian National University. A recurrent character in her work was Peter Henry Lepus, a rabbit who name-drops philosophers such asBertrand Russell,Ludwig Wittgenstein andA. J. Ayer while popping up in the midst of topical events such as theGulf War.[2] His satirical "clear-eyed vision of the world, and the humans that inhabit it, is that of an Everyrabbit, with its endless simplicity, trepidation, and curiosity."
Among other accolades, J. S. Harry won theHarri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry, the Poetry Society's Book of the Year, the PEN International Lyne Phillips Poetry Prize and theKenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.[3] Her recent works includeNot Finding Wittgenstein (2007) a 'collected works' of Peter Henry Lepus andPublic Private (2013). Posthumous publication of the last adventure of Peter Henry is anticipated (Giramondo Publishing).
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