Louis Johnson (poet)
Introduction Louis Johnson'''Louis Albert Johnson'''  (27 September 1924 Feilding, New Zealand – 1 November 1988) was a New Zealand poet.
Life He graduated from Wellington Teachers’ Training College.From 1968 to 1980, Johnson lived overseas and traveled widely, with an extended stay in Papua New Guinea.Johnson worked as a schoolteacher, journalist, and editor of several publications, including the ''New Zealand Poetry Yearbook'' (1951–64), ''Numbers'' (1954–60), and ''Antipodes New Writing'' (1987).
Awards * 1975 New Zealand Book Award for poetry for Fires and Patterns* 1976 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
Works * "City Sunday"; "Holidays"; "Kapiti Coast", ''New Zealand Electronic Poetry Center''* ''Stanza and Scene'' (1945)*  ''Roughshod Among the Lilies'', (1951)* ''The Sun Among the Ruins'' (1951)* ''New Worlds for Old'' (1957). * * * ''Onion'' (1972)* * ''Winter Apples'' (1984)* *
Criticism * "''Starveling Year'', poems by Mary Stanley", ''new zealand electronic poetry centre''
References
External links * "Louis Johnson", ''New Zealand Literature File'', University of Auckland* "Australia and New Zealand", ''Poetry House''