Australian poets in and about Europe since the 1960s by Igor Maver

“…These two books discussed bere are: On the Move: Australian Poets in Europe (1992), edited by Geoff Page, and Changing Places: Australian Writers in Europe (1994), edited by Laurie Hergenhan and Irmtraud Petersson. …”
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Irena Birsa: An Australian poet and scholar of Slovene descent by Igor Maver

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Jože Žohar, a Slovene migrant poet from Australia by Igor Maver

“…In his three published collections of verse in the Slovene language (1990, 1995, 2004) the poet remains torn between the two countries, between Eros and Thanatos, between a unique erotic experiencing of the homeland and the wish for physical and spiritual ending and closeness of death, which brings deliverance. …”
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An Australian Poet in Italy: A.D. Hope’s Byronic View of Latter-day Italy by Igor Maver

“… The article examines the classicism of the poet A.D. Hope, especially in relation to his fascination with the work of Lord Byron, notably Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and its sections set in Italy in Rome. …”
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JOŽE ŽOHAR, A MIGRANT POET FROM AUSTRALIA AND HIS NEW COLLECTION OF VERSE OBIRANJE LIMON (2004) by Igor Maver

“…In his three published collections of verse in the Slovene language (1990, 1995, 2004) the poet remains torn between the two countries, between Eros and Thanatos, between a unique erotic experiencing of the homeland and the wish for physical and spiritual ending and closeness of death, which brings deliverance. …”
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Danijela Hliš and her new collection of verse Hideaway serenade (1996) by Igor Maver

“…She feels at home in Australia, accepting its positive and negative sides, and considers it a second (home)land, like some other Slovene migrant poets living in the land of Oz. Danijela Hliš is probably the first poet to be included in a major secondary school textbook, which brings her to the Australian literary limelight and mainstream.…”
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The Contested Charm of Dunciad Minor by A. D. Hope by Igor Maver

“…This is not done purely theoretically, but is applied in the examination of literary affiliations between two poets and their satirical works, the English Augustan poet of the 18th century Alexander Pope and a major twentieth-century Australian Augustan poet A. …”
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Jože Žohar: a Forgotten Slovenian Migrant Poetic Voice from ‘Down Under’ by Igor Maver

“… The article discusses the verse written by Jože Žohar, the recently deceased and forgotten Slovenian poet migrant poet from Australia. The poet despite his not enormous poetic output shows a prodigious gift for poetic experimentation and tries to reconcile in himself the affiliation with the two “Homes”, Slovenia and Australia, neither of which paradoxically seems to in his poetry qualify as such any more in his poetry. …”
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Slovene poetry in the U.S.A.: the case of Ivan Zorman by Igor Maver

“… Ivan Zorman was both a musician and a poet, born in 1889 in Šmarje near Grosuplje and died in 1957 in Cleveland (Ohio). …”
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James McAuley’s Verse Collection Music Late At Night: Poems 1970-1973 and Georg Trakl’s Poetry by Igor Maver

“…The article discusses James McAuley’s translations of the poems by the Austrian poet Georg Trakl (1887-1914), as well as the latter’s influence on McAuley’s own late verse in Music Late at Night: Poems 1970-1973. …”
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