J. S. Harry, or Jan Harry (4 January 1939 – 20 May 2015[1]), was an Australian poet described as "one of Australian poetry’s keenest satirists, political and social commentators, and perhaps its most ethical agent and antagonist.
"[2] J. S. Harry was born in South Australia but soon moved to Sydney, where she remained.
A recurrent character in her work was Peter Henry Lepus, a rabbit who name-drops philosophers such as Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein and A. J. Ayer while popping up in the midst of topical events such as the Gulf War.
[2] His satirical "clear-eyed vision of the world, and the humans that inhabit it, is that of an Everyrabbit, with its endless simplicity, trepidation, and curiosity."
Posthumous publication of the last adventure of Peter Henry is anticipated (Giramondo Publishing).