Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (2009) Winner
Brian Lindsay Turner
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Brian Lindsay Turner
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-03-04 （Dunedin）
- Died
- 2025-02-05 （Wānaka） age 80
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Dunedin, New Zealand → Oturehua, Central Otago → Wānaka, New Zealand
Career
- Occupations
- poet, author, environmental campaigner, field hockey player, cricketer, road cyclist, mountaineer
- Active Years
- 1960-2025
- Affiliations
- New Zealand Poet Laureate (2003-2005), Robert Burns Fellow (1984)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Commonwealth Poetry Prize | — | Poetry | Commonwealth Foundation | Winner |
| 1985 | J.C. Reid Memorial Prize | — | — | — | Winner |
| 1993 | Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry | — | Poetry | New Zealand Book Awards | Winner |
| 2003 | New Zealand Poet Laureate | — | — | Te Mata Estate | Appointed |
| 2009 | Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Poetry) | — | Poetry | Creative New Zealand | Winner |
| 2010 | New Zealand Post Book Awards Poetry Award | Just This | Poetry | New Zealand Post Book Awards | Winner |
| 2020 | Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit | — | — | New Zealand Government | ONZM |
Commonwealth Poetry Prize
1979
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Commonwealth Foundation
Result:
Winner
J.C. Reid Memorial Prize
1985
Result:
Winner
Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
1993
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
New Zealand Book Awards
Result:
Winner
New Zealand Poet Laureate
2003
Organization:
Te Mata Estate
Result:
Appointed
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Poetry)
2009
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Creative New Zealand
Result:
Winner
New Zealand Post Book Awards Poetry Award
2010
Work:
Just This
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
New Zealand Post Book Awards
Result:
Winner
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
2020
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
ONZM
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ladders of Rain
1978 PoetryEarly poetry collection.
natureeveryday life
Ancestors
1981 PoetryPoetry collection on ancestors.
familyhistory
Just This
2009 PoetryAward-winning poetry collection.
Central Otago landscapeslife
Elemental: Central Otago Poems
2012 PoetryPoems about Central Otago.
landscapenatureenvironment
Bibliography
- Ladders of Rain (1978)
- Ancestors (1981)
- Listening to the River (1983)
- Bones (1985)
- All That Blue Can Be (1989)
- Beyond (1992)
- Taking Off (2001)
- Timeless Land (2001)
- Footfall (2005)
- Just This (2009)
- Inside Outside (2011)
- Elemental: Central Otago Poems (2012)
- Boundaries: People and Places of Central Otago (2015)
- Night Fishing (2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- rich in landscape descriptionconcise languagenatural rhythms
- Recurring Motifs
- Central Otago landscapesnature and humanitysports and literature
Legacy
Renowned New Zealand poet celebrated for his evocations of Central Otago landscapes, served as Poet Laureate, won numerous awards, and was an environmental campaigner.
In Popular Culture
- Memorial plaque on the Writers' Walk in Dunedin
Trivia
- Brothers: cricketer Glenn Turner and golfer Greg Turner
- Represented New Zealand in field hockey
- Climbed Aoraki/Mount Cook
- Moved to Oturehua (pop. 40) in 1999