Alex McKeown [“mc-you-‘n”] is a poet and translator based in Hobart, Tasmania. More recently he has become a writer of fiction and drama. His writing has appeared widely in Australia and overseas, including in Southerly, Island, Cordite, and The Canberra Times. He works with forms, both avant-garde and traditional, and plays off of pre-existing literature.

His debut full length collection of original poetry, We Leave Gaps, was published by Walleah Press in 2025 and can be purchased from their website or Amazon

His chapbook of translations from the 17th century French pastoral poetry of Antoinette Deshoulières, was published by the UK’s Penteract Press in September 2022.

He has a Bachelor of Computing from the University of Tasmania and works as a software engineer.

You can contact him at [email protected]

Most of the poems and translations on this site were written on the lands of the muwinina people.