Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2008) Winner
Elizabeth Smither
エリザベス・スミサー
Erizabesu Sumisā
Aliases:
Elizabeth Edwina Smither
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1941-09-15 （New Plymouth）
- Nationality
- New Zealander
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Residence History
- New Plymouth, New Zealand
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer, librarian
- Active Years
- 1975-2024
- Influenced By
- William Carlos Williams
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Scholarship in Letters | — | — | — | Winner |
| 1989 | Lilian Ida Smith Award | — | non-fiction | — | Winner |
| 1990 | New Zealand Book Award for Poetry | — | Poetry | New Zealand Book Awards Trust | Winner |
| 1992 | Scholarship in Letters | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2000 | Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry | — | Poetry | New Zealand Book Awards Trust | Winner |
| 2002 | New Zealand Poet Laureate | — | — | Te Mata | Winner |
| 2008 | Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement | — | poetry | — | Winner |
| 2012 | Landfall Essay Competition | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2014 | NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2016 | Sarah Broom Poetry Prize | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2018 | Ockhams New Zealand Book Award for Poetry | — | Poetry | New Zealand Book Awards Trust | Winner |
Scholarship in Letters
1987
Result:
Winner
Lilian Ida Smith Award
1989
Category:
non-fiction
Result:
Winner
New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
1990
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
New Zealand Book Awards Trust
Result:
Winner
Scholarship in Letters
1992
Result:
Winner
Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
2000
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
New Zealand Book Awards Trust
Result:
Winner
New Zealand Poet Laureate
2002
Organization:
Te Mata
Result:
Winner
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement
2008
Category:
poetry
Result:
Winner
Landfall Essay Competition
2012
Result:
Winner
NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award
2014
Result:
Winner
Sarah Broom Poetry Prize
2016
Result:
Winner
Ockhams New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
2018
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
New Zealand Book Awards Trust
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Here Come the Clouds
1975 PoetryHer first collection of poetry.
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The Blue Coat
2013 PoetryPoetry collection.
First Blood
1983 NovelNovel.
Bibliography
- Here come the clouds : poems
- You’re Very Seductive William Carlos Williams
- The Sarah Train
- The Legend of Marcello Mastroianni's wife
- Casanova's Ankle
- Shakespeare Virgins
- Professor Musgrove's Canary
- Gorilla/ Guerilla
- Animaux
- A Pattern of Marching
- A Cortège of Daughters
- The Tudor Style: Poems New and Selected
- A question of gravity: selected poems
- The year of adverbs
- Horse Playing the Accordion
- The Love of One Orange
- The blue coat
- Ruby Duby Du
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- the short poem, usually but not always unrhymed, witty, stylish and intellectually curious
- Recurring Motifs
- figures from literature and legendsCatholicism
Legacy
A prominent New Zealand poet who served as New Zealand Poet Laureate and won numerous poetry awards.