Maxell Walter Dumont Dunn (1895 – 4 September 1963) was an Australian editor, publisher, poet, and literary translator. Born in

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, Ireland, Dunn's early life remains obscure, though he claimed to have been educated at the

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, and in France and the United States, before moving to Australia in 1924, and settling in

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. His claims to have been in the

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in World War I also seem unsubstantiated. Dunn worked as a psychotherapist, poet, publisher, and journalist with ''The Argus'', ''

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'' and other Melbourne newspapers and magazines. Dunn also worked as a literary translator from the Chinese. Dunn became a Buddhist priest in 1955.''Australian Poets and Their Works'', by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996 He died of cancer in the Melbourne suburb of

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1895 births 1963 deaths Australian editors Irish emigrants to Australia Australian Buddhists 20th-century Australian poets Australian male poets 20th-century Australian male writers 20th-century Australian journalists {{Australia-poet-stub