Apirana Taylor
Apirana Taylor | |
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Born | Wellington, New Zealand | 15 March 1955
Occupation | Poet, novelist |
Period | 1979–2004 |
Apirana Taylor (born 15 March 1955) is a New Zealand poet, novelist, performer, story-teller, musician and painter.
Biography[]
Born in Wellington, Apirana Taylor is of Pākehā and Māori descent with affiliations to Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Ruanui.[1] He was a prominent member of the Māori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari. Taylor has published three volumes of poetry – Eyes of the Ruru (1979), Soft Leaf Falls of the Moon (1997) and Te Ata Kura; the red-tipped dawn (2004); three short-story collections; a novel, He Tangi Aroha (1993); and two plays. He was a runner-up for the in 1985, for He Rau Aroha: A Hundred Leaves of Love.[2]
Poetry by Taylor was included in UPU, a curation of Pacific Island writers’ work which was first presented at the Silo Theatre as part of the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2020.[3] UPU was remounted as part of the Kia Mau Festival in Wellington in June 2021.[4]
Works[]
- 3 shades, by Apirana Taylor, Lindsay Rabbitt, L.E. Scott; with an introduction by Alan Loney, Wellington: Voice Press, 1981
- Ki te ao: new stories, Penguin Books, 1990
- Te ata kura = The red tipped dawn, Canterbury University Press, 2004
Notes[]
References[]
- Apirana Taylor (2004). Te Ata Kura, the red-tipped dawn, a collection of poetry by Apirana Taylor. Canterbury University Press.
- New Zealand Book Council profile
- New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre profile
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Wellington
- New Zealand male novelists
- People from Wellington City
- New Zealand Māori writers
- 20th-century New Zealand novelists
- 21st-century New Zealand novelists
- 20th-century New Zealand painters
- 20th-century New Zealand male writers
- 21st-century New Zealand male writers
- Ngāti Porou
- Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
- Ngāti Ruanui
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