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ADCOCK, Fleur
Birth date: 1934
Birthplace: Papakura, New Zealand
Education: Received a degree in Classics from Victoria University
in Wellington in 1954. She completed an M.A. in 1956.
Professional Career: Fleur Adcock has worked as an assistant lecturer
in Classics at the University of Otago and in the University library.
In 1963, she moved from New Zealand to London where she worked as
a librarian in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Adcock has received
two writing fellowships while living in London; the first at Charlotte
Mason College of Education and the second at the Universities of Newcastle
on Tyne and Durham. Since 1980, Adcock has worked as a freelance writer,
producing her own poetry and translating and editing collections.
She also delivers lectures on poetry for the British Broadcasting
Corporation.
Works
- Time-Zones. New York : Oxford University
Press, 1991.
- Looking Back. New York : Oxford University
Press, 1997.
- Meeting the Comet. Newcastle upon Tyne:
Bloodaxe Books, 1988.
- The Incident Book. New York : Oxford University
Press, 1986.
- Hotspur: A Ballad for Music. Newcastle upon
Tyne: Bloodaxe Books, 1986.
- Selected Poems. New York : Oxford University
Press, 1983.
- Below Loughrigg. Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe
Books, 1979.
- The Inner Harbour. New York : Oxford University
Press, 1979.
- The Scenic Route. New York : Oxford University
Press, 1974.
- High Tide in the Garden. New York : Oxford
University Press, 1971.
- Tigers. New York: Oxford University Press,
1967.
- The Eye of the Hurricane. Sydney: Reed,
1964.
HULME, Keri
Birth date: 1947
Birthplace: Christchurch, New Zealand
Education: Attended the University of Canterbury
Professional Career: Keri Hulme has worked as
a fisher, TV director, cook and writer. She was writer-in-residence
at Otago University in 1978, and at the University of Canterbury in
1985. She belongs to the New Zealand Literary Fund and the New Zealand
Indecent Publications Tribunal. Her 1983 novel, The Bone People,
won the Booker Prize.
Works
- Bait.1999.
- Strands. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland
University Press, 1992.
- Te Kainau/The Windeater. Wellington: Victoria
University Press, 1986.
- Lost Possessions. Wellington: Victoria University
Press, 1985.
- The Bone People. Spiral, 1983.
- The Silence Between (Moeraki Conversations).
Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press, 1982.
SCOTT, Rosie
Birth date: 1948
Birthplace: New Zealand
Education: She has an M.A. (hons) in English and Diplomas in English
and Drama.
Professional Career: Rosie Scott has traveled
and lived in Europe, the UK, the Pacific and Australia, working in
publishing, journalism, social work, acting, waitressing and fruit
picking. She was the script editor for such productions as Glory
Days, Movie Dreams, Redheads (based on her own play),
Archangel, Journey to the Last Chance. She lives in
Sydney and is a full-time writer. Her novels have been short listed
for the New Zealand Awards, the Banjo Patterson Awards, the Christina
Stead National Book Award and the bicentennial National Book Awards.
Her play, Redheads, won the Bruce Mason Sunday Times National
Award.
Works
- Faith Singer. Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 2001.
- Movie Dreams. St. Lucia: UQP, 1995.
- Lives on Fire. St. Lucia: University of
Queensland Press, 1993.
- Feral City. Melbourne: Minerva, 1990.
- Nights with Grace. Melbourne: Minerva, 1989.
- Queen of Love. Auckland: Penguin, 1988.
- Glory Days. St. Lucia: University of Queensland
Press, 1987.
- Say Thank You to the Lady. Publisher Unknown,
1985.
- Flesh and Blood. Hard Echo Press, 1984.
SUTHERLAND, Margaret
Birth date: 1941
Birthplace: New Zealan
Education: She trained as a Comprehensive nurse and received registration
in 1979.
Professional Career: Margaret Sutherland began
writing in response to life in suburbia. She migrated to Australia
in the mid-80's and worked for some years as an Education Officer
with the Newcastle Migrant Health Unit. She now runs a joint music-teaching
practice with her second husband. She has continued to write and publish
novels and short stories throughout this time. She has received two
writing fellowships from the Australia Council.
Works
- The City Far From Home. Sceptre, 1991.
- The Fringe of Heaven. Mallinson Rendel,
1984.
- Getting Through. London: Heinemann, 1977.
- The Love Contract. New Women's Press, 1976.
- The Fledgling. Oxford University Press,
1974.
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