Rob Allan
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Rob Allan is a New Zealand
poet. He won the PEN (NZSA) Best First Book of Poetry award in 1992 for his book Karitane Postcards, and has received multiple grants from Creative New Zealand to support his writing. He has been published in several anthologies including An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English (Oxford University Press, 1997), and has published widely in literary magazines.
, New Zealand, and works as a teacher for deaf children in Otago schools.
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. He won the PEN (NZSA) Best First Book of Poetry award in 1992 for his book Karitane Postcards, and has received multiple grants from Creative New Zealand to support his writing. He has been published in several anthologies including An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English (Oxford University Press, 1997), and has published widely in literary magazines.
Personal life
Born in Birmingham, England, Allan moved to New Zealand with his family as a teenager in 1960. He now lives in Port ChalmersPort Chalmers
Port Chalmers is a suburb and the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, with a population of 3,000. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast from Dunedin's city centre....
, New Zealand, and works as a teacher for deaf children in Otago schools.
External links
- Three poems published in the Southern Ocean Review Ninth Issue, 12th October 1998
- Southern Ocean Review 16th Issue, 12th July, 2000
- Rob Allan, capital of the minimal, new zealand electronic poetry centre. Includes bio and links to several of Allan's poems.