Leslie Holdsworthy Allen was born in 1879, and educated at the University of Sydney and University of Leipzig. He became the Professor of English at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and the senior lecturer of English and Latin at Canberra University College . He was appointed as the chairman of the Commonwealth Book Censorship Committee . He died in 1964.

Bibliography

• Gods and Wood-Things (1913)
• Phaedra: and Other Poems (1921)
• Araby: and Other Poems (1924)
• Patria (1941)