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Name	Alister Nasmyth Kershaw
Born	19 December, 1921 Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	27 February, 1995 (aged 73) Maison Sallé, Cher, France
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Lawlor, Adrian (friend) Tucker, Albert Lee (friend) Dutton, Geoffrey Piers Henry (friend) Strachan, David Edgar (acquaintance)
Education *	Wesley College (Melbourne) (student, 1927-1938)
Occupation or Descriptor *	poet (1941-1947) Victoria, Australia radio announcer (1941-1947) Victoria, Australia poet (1947-1990) Overseas foreign correspondent (1959-1966) Overseas anthology editor (1965-1990) Overseas translator (1970-1980) Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1980-1995) Overseas
Workplaces *	Australian Broadcasting Corporation (employee, 1941-1947) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (correspondent, 1959-1966) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (employee, 1970-1982)

* Dates are approximate