Elizabeth Smither

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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[]

Bibliography[]

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[]

  1. ^ "| Read NZ".
  2. ^ "Prizewinner wants to be All Blacks poet". Taranaki Daily News. 10 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Lilian Ida Smith Award Recipients" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2017.

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Cultural offices
Preceded by
Hone Tuwhare 		New Zealand Poet Laureate
2001–2003 		Succeeded by
Brian Turner
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