Vicki Viidikas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vicki Viidikas

Australian poet

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1948

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 27-Nov-1998

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Vicki Viidikas (25 September 1948 – 27 November 1998) was a twentieth-century Australian poet and prose writer. Her first poem, At East Balmain, was published when she was 19 years old.
Her poetry, fiction and drawings were published in literary magazines, as well as several collections of poetry.
She wrote prolifically up until her untimely death at 50 years old, which was much mourned in Australia's poetry community. Viidikas was an iconic member of the collection of Sydney poets now known as the “generation of ‘68”.
The ‘counter culture’ and her travels in Asia, especially India, are recurrent subjects in her poetry.