Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2016) Winner
David Eggleton
デイビッド・エッグルトン
Deibiddo Egguruton
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952 （Auckland）
- Nationality
- Tongan, Rotuman, European
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Auckland → Fiji → Dunedin
Career
- Occupations
- poet, critic, writer, art critic
- Active Years
- 1986-2024
- Affiliations
- Landfall, Art New Zealand, University of Otago
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement | — | poetry | Creative New Zealand | winner |
| 2016 | Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry | The Conch Trumpet | poetry | — | winner |
| 2019 | New Zealand Poet Laureate | — | — | National Library of New Zealand | appointed |
| 1990 | Robert Burns Fellowship | — | — | University of Otago | fellow |
| 2015 | Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry | — | poetry | Janet Frame Literary Trust | winner |
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement
2016
Category:
poetry
Organization:
Creative New Zealand
Result:
winner
Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry
2016
Work:
The Conch Trumpet
Category:
poetry
Result:
winner
New Zealand Poet Laureate
2019
Organization:
National Library of New Zealand
Result:
appointed
Robert Burns Fellowship
1990
Organization:
University of Otago
Result:
fellow
Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry
2015
Category:
poetry
Organization:
Janet Frame Literary Trust
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Conch Trumpet
2015 poetryPoetry collection that won the Ockham New Zealand Book Award for poetry.
historylanguage
Respirator: A Poet Laureate Collection 2019-2022
2023 poetryCollection of poetry from his time as Poet Laureate.
The Wilder Years: Selected Poems
2021 poetrySelected poems.
Edgeland and Other Poems
2018 poetryPoetry collection.
Bibliography
- South Pacific Sunrise
- People of the Land
- After Tokyo
- Empty Orchestra
- Here on Earth
- Rhyming Planet
- Seasons: Four Essays on the New Zealand Year
- Ready to Fly: The Story of New Zealand Rock Music
- Fast Talker
- Into the Light: A History of New Zealand Photography
- Towards Aotearoa: A Short History of Twentieth Century New Zealand Art
- Time of the Icebergs
- The Conch Trumpet
- SNAP
- Edgeland and Other Poems
- The Wilder Years: Selected Poems
- Throw Net: Upena Ho'olei
- Leaps and Bounds
- Respirator
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- confident if erratic blend of vernacular, lyric, and high demoticiconoclastic or anti-establishmentdelivered at a fast, fluent tempo
Legacy
Prominent New Zealand poet, critic, and writer who served as New Zealand Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2022. Awarded numerous literary prizes, published over 18 poetry books, and served as editor of Landfall journal.
Quotes
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"...inside its history. Its language is a confident if erratic blend of vernacular, lyric, and high demotic; this confidence allows for mobile and ironic cross-currents animating the texture and depth of the language throughout."
Source: The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse (1985)
Trivia
- Of mixed Tongan, Rotuman, and European descent.
- Dropped out of school to pursue performance music and poetry.
- Six-time winner of the Montana New Zealand Reviewer of the Year.
- Editor of Landfall journal from 2010 to 2017.