Helen Heath
Dr Helen Heath | |
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Born | 1970 (age 50–51) |
Language | English |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Genre | Poetry |
Notable works | Graft |
Notable awards | NZSA Jessie McKay Best First Book Award for Poetry |
Website | |
Official website |
Helen Heath (born 1970) is a poet from New Zealand.
Background[]
Heath is based in Wellington, New Zealand.[1] She received her MA and PhD in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, at the Victoria University of Wellington.[2] In 2017 she was publishing programme leader at Whitireia Publishing (part of Whitireia Community Polytechnic).[3]
Works[]
Heath's poetry explores ideas of science, motherhood and grief, and she draws inspiration from scientists such as Isaac Newton.[2]
Heath's first published work was the chapbook, Watching the Smoke. In 2012 she published her first poetry collection, Graft.[1] Her collection Are Friends Electric? was published in 2018 by Victoria University Press.[4]
Heath has also been published in the Best New Zealand Poems series (2012)[5] and literary journals, including Turbine,[6] Swamp,[7] 4th Floor,[8] and Snorkel.[9]
Awards[]
Graft won the 2013 NZSA Jessie McKay Best First Book Award for Poetry at the New Zealand Post Book Awards.[10]
The scientific perspective of the poetry in Graft led her poem ‘Making Tea in the Universe’ to win the 2011 inaugural . In 2013, the collection became the first book of poetry or fiction work to be shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.[1] The book was also listed in the New Zealand Listener's Top 100 Books of 2012.[11]
In 2019 Are Friends Electric? won the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.[12]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Helen Heath". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Somerset, Guy (18 July 2013). "Guy Somerset interviews poet Helen Heath - The Listener". Noted. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Helen Heath". International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Heath, Helen (2018). Are friends electric?. Wellington [New Zealand]: Victoria University Press. ISBN 9781776561902. OCLC 1032024266.
- ^ "Best New Zealand Poems 2012". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Turbine | Kapohau 2016". Turbine | Kapohau. 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Heath, Helen. "Plum". Swamp. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "About Us". 4th Floor Literary Journal. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Snorkel #17: Contents". Snorkel. April 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "The 100 best books of 2012". The Listener. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2019 Winners Announcement". Creative New Zealand. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
External links[]
- Living people
- 1970 births
- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- New Zealand fiction writers
- New Zealand women poets
- People from Wellington City