Kevin Ireland
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Kevin Mark Ireland is a New Zealand
poet, short story writer, novelist and librettist.
for 20 years.
He was writer-in-residence at Canterbury University in 1986, the Sargeson Fellow in 1987, the University of Auckland
’s writing fellow in 1989, assistant editor of Quote Unquote, and president of PEN
, 1990–91.
He married Pheobe Caroline Dalwood; they have two sons. He lives in Devonport, New Zealand
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
poet, short story writer, novelist and librettist.
Life
He lived in England in 1959 for twenty-five years. He worked for The TimesThe Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
for 20 years.
He was writer-in-residence at Canterbury University in 1986, the Sargeson Fellow in 1987, the University of Auckland
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...
’s writing fellow in 1989, assistant editor of Quote Unquote, and president of PEN
International PEN
PEN International , the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere....
, 1990–91.
He married Pheobe Caroline Dalwood; they have two sons. He lives in Devonport, New Zealand
Devonport, New Zealand
Devonport is a harbourside suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on the North Shore, at the southern end of a peninsula that runs southeast from near Lake Pupuke in Takapuna, forming the northern side of the Waitemata Harbour...
.
Awards
- 1979 New Zealand Book Award for Poetry for Literary Cartoons
- 1990 New Zealand Medal
- OBE for services to literature.
Works
- Face to Face: Twenty-Four Poems (1963)
- Educating the Body (1967)
- A Letter from Amsterdam (1972)
- Orchids, Hummingbirds and Other Poems (1974)
- A Grammar of Dreams (1975)
- Literary Cartoons (1977)
- The Dangers of Art: Poems 1975–80 (1980)
- Practice Night in the Drill Hall: Poems (1984)
- The Year of the Comet: Twenty-Six 1986 Sonnets (1986)
- Selected Poems (1987)
- Tiberius at the Beehive (1990)
Essays
- "Kevin Ireland on Frank Sargeson", Quote UnQoute, November 1995, Issue Four
- Islands 28 (1980)
- One of the Boys? (1988)
- Skinning a Fish (1994)