New Zealand poetry before the 1920s was basically transplanted and imitated British romantic poetry. The outstanding poets of this period include Charlie Bowen (1830-1917), Thomas Bracken (1843-1898), etc. After the 1930s, New Zealand's poetry creation entered a period of prosperity. Its most important poets include Irene May Duggan (1894-1972) and Arthur Rex Dugard Fairburn (1904 —1957), Charles Brush (1909-1973), Thomas Allen Monroe Curnow (1911-), James Dennis Matthews Glover (1912-), James Backus Special (1926-1972) etc.