# Paul Grano

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**Paul Langton Grano** (22 October 1894 – 11 January 1975)[1] was an Australian poet and journalist.

## Biography

Born in [Ararat, Victoria](/source/Ararat,_Victoria), Grano studied Law at the [University of Melbourne](/source/University_of_Melbourne).[1] He worked as a journalist and commercial traveller, and in 1932 moved to [Queensland](/source/Queensland) where he worked in the Main Roads Commission.[2] In 1933, he founded the Catholic Poetry Society in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), and in 1944 the Catholic Readers' and Writers' Society.[1]

## Works

- *Quest*, Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1940
- *Poet's Holiday*, Brisbane : Yallaroi Publication, 1941
- *Poems Old & New*, Melbourne: Georgian House, 1945
- *Witness to the Stars: an Anthology of Australasian Verse by Catholic Poets*, edited by Paul Grano; with foreword by George O'Neill, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1946
- *Selected Verse of Paul Grano (1894–1975)*, Melbourne: [Hawthorn Press](/source/Hawthorn_Press), 1976

## References

1. ["Paul L. Grano"](https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22899). *AustLit: Discover Australian Stories*. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2026-02-07.

1. *Australian Poets and Their Works*, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996

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