Robert Francis Brissenden AO (13 March 1928 – 7 April 1991) was an Australian poet, novelist, critic, and academic.
After studying at Bowral and Cowra high schools, Brissenden earned a scholarship to St Andrew's College, University of Sydney, where he achieved a Bachelor of Arts with honours and a Master of Arts.
[1] Brissenden returned as an English lecturer at CUC, which was amalgamated with the Australian National University in 1960.
[3] At ANU, Brissenden was the Faculty of the Arts' first sub-dean and remained a lecturer and reader until 1985.
[5] Brissenden died at Royal Canberra Hospital of complications from Parkinson's on 7 April 1991 and was buried in Tharwa Road Lawn Cemetery in Queanbeyan.