Elizabeth Smither
Elizabeth Edwina Smither MNZM (born 15 September 1941 in New Plymouth) is a New Zealand poet and writer. She worked as a librarian.[1]
Awards[]
- 2002 Te Mata Poet Laureate
- 2000 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
- 2008 Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in poetry.[2]
- 2004 Finalist for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards
- 2012 Landfall Essay Competition
- 2014 NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award
- 1989 Lilian Ida Smith Award (non-fiction)[3]
Bibliography[]
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Poetry[]
Collections[]
- Smither, Elizabeth (1975). Here come the clouds : poems. A. Taylor.
- You’re Very Seductive William Carlos Williams (1978)
- The Sarah Train (1980)
- The Legend of Marcello Mastroianni's wife (1981)
- Casanova's Ankle (1981)
- Shakespeare Virgins (1983)
- Professor Musgrove's Canary (1986)
- Gorilla/ Guerilla (1986)
- Animaux (1988)
- A Pattern of Marching (1989)
- A Cortège of Daughters (1993)
- The Tudor Style: Poems New and Selected (1993)
- A question of gravity: selected poems. Arc Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-900072-75-5.
- — (2007). The year of adverbs. Auckland University Press.
- Horse Playing the Accordion (Ahadada Books, Tokyo & Toronto, 2009)
- The Love of One Orange
- — (2013). The blue coat. Auckland University Press.
- — (2013). Ruby Duby Du. Illustrated by Kathryn Madill. Cold Hub Press.
Anthologies[]
- Jenny Bornholdt; Gregory O'Brien; Mark Williams, eds. (1997). An anthology of New Zealand poetry in English. Oxford University Press New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-19-558338-0.
- Vincent O'Sullivan, ed. (1987). An Anthology of twentieth century New Zealand poetry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-558163-8.
List of poems[]
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
---|---|---|---|
Last sister | Smither, Elizabeth (n.d.). "Last sister". Inertia. 4. | ||
A cortege of daughters | Smither, Elizabeth (n.d.). "A cortege of daughters". Inertia. 4. | ||
An error on a quiz programme | Smither, Elizabeth (n.d.). "An error on a quiz programme". Inertia. 4. | ||
Two security guards talking about Jupiter | 2007 | Smither, Elizabeth (April 2007). "Two security guards talking about Jupiter". Snorkel. 5. | |
The self, for Antigone Kefala | 2008 | Smither, Elizabeth (March 2008). "The self, for Antigone Kefala". Foam:e. 5. | |
Plaits | 2008 | Smither, Elizabeth (March 2008). "Plaits". Foam:e. 5. | |
Night horse | 2014 | Smither, Elizabeth (Autumn 2014). "Night horse". Meanjin. 73 (1): 16. |
Novels[]
- First Blood (1983)
- Brother-love Sister-love (1986)
- The Sea Between Us (2003) 2004 Finalist for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Short Stories[]
- Nights at the Embassy (1990)
- Mr Fish (1994)
References[]
- ^ "| Read NZ".
- ^ "Prizewinner wants to be All Blacks poet". Taranaki Daily News. 10 September 2008.
- ^ "Lilian Ida Smith Award Recipients" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Meanjin people
- Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- New Zealand women poets
- New Zealand Poets Laureate