Iain Sharp, born in 1953, is a New Zealand

New Zealand

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 poet and critic.

Biography

Born in Glasgow

Glasgow

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 in 1953, Sharp emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1961, where they settled in Auckland

Auckland

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. He studied at Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington

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 and received a doctorate in English at the University of Auckland

University of Auckland

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 in 1982.
He currently works part-time in the Special Collections Department of Auckland Central City Library, and is also a columnist, reviewer and critic, editing the books section of Metro (magazine).

Works

• Why Mammals Shiver, Auckland: One Eyed Press, 1981
• She Is Trying to Kidnap the Blind Person, Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985
• The Pierrot Variations, Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985
• Two Poets: Selections from the Work of Suzanne Chapman and Iain Sharp, edited by Suzanne Chapman, Auckland: Auckland English Association, 1985
• The Singing Harp, Paekakariki: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2004
• Real Gold: treasures of Auckland City Libraries, text by Iain Sharp; photographs by Haruhiko Sameshima, Auckland University Press
  Auckland University Press
  Auckland University Press founded in 1966, is the book publishing arm of the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.It publishes New Zealand history, biography, poetry, short stories and essays, Maori and Pacific Island studies in addition to scholarly and academic works.-Awards:*AUP has...
  
  , 2007
• Our Favourite Poems: New Zealanders choose their best-loved poems, introduction by Iain Sharp, Craig Potton Publishing, 2007
• Heaphy: Explorer, Artist, Settler, Auckland University Press, 2008