Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
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Edition 17 (2019) Winner
Fleur Adcock
フルール・アッドコック
Furūru Addokku
Aliases:
Kareen Fleur Adcock
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1934-02-10 （Papakura）
- Died
- 2024-10-10 （London） age 90
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Papakura, New Zealand → London, England (1939-1947) → New Zealand (returned 1947) → Dunedin, New Zealand → Wellington, New Zealand → London, England (from 1963)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Editor, Translator, Librarian
- Active Years
- 1964-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Otago, Alexander Turnbull Library, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Girls' College | — | General | Dux | ~1950 | New Zealand |
| Victoria University of Wellington | Classics | Classics | Bachelor of Arts | ~1954 | New Zealand |
| Victoria University of Wellington | Classics | Classics | Master of Arts | ~1956 | New Zealand |
Wellington Girls' College
General
Degree:
Dux
Period:
~1950
Year of Graduation:
1950
Country:
New Zealand
Awarded dux
Victoria University of Wellington
Classics
/ Classics
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
~1954
Year of Graduation:
1954
Country:
New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington
Classics
/ Classics
Degree:
Master of Arts
Period:
~1956
Year of Graduation:
1956
Country:
New Zealand
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry | Poems 1960–2000 | — | British Royal Family | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | — | — | British Government | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit | — | — | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 1984 | New Zealand Book Award for Poetry | Selected Poems | 詩集 | New Zealand Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Cholmondeley Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
2006
Work:
Poems 1960–2000
Organization:
British Royal Family
Result:
受賞
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
1996
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受賞
Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
2008
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
1984
Work:
Selected Poems
Category:
詩集
Organization:
New Zealand Book Awards
Result:
受賞
Cholmondeley Award
1976
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Eye of the Hurricane
1964 PoetryIntroduces themes of displacement and ambivalence of belonging.
DisplacementBelongingIdentity
Tigers
1967 PoetryPublished by Oxford University Press.
Human relationshipsPlace
High Tide in the Garden
1971 PoetryFirst references to specific New Zealand locations.
PlaceFamily
Poems 1960–2000
2000 PoetryCollected works spanning 40 years.
IdentityHuman relationships
Bibliography
- The Eye of the Hurricane (1964)
- Tigers (1967)
- High Tide in the Garden (1971)
- The Scenic Route (1974)
- The Inner Harbour (1979)
- Below Loughrigg (1979)
- Selected Poems (1983)
- Hotspur: a ballad (1986)
- The Incident Book (1986)
- Meeting the Comet (1988)
- Time-zones (1991)
- Looking Back (1997)
- Poems 1960–2000 (2000)
- Dragon Talk (2010)
- Glass Wings (2013)
- The Land Ballot (2014)
- Hoard (2017)
- Collected Poems (2019)
- The Mermaid's Purse (2021)
- Collected Poems (2024)
Translations by Author
- The Virgin and the Nightingale (1983, Medieval Latin poems)
- Orient Express: Poems by Grete Tartler (1989)
- Letters from Darkness by Daniela Crasnaru (1992)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- WitConversational tonePsychological insights
- Recurring Motifs
- PlaceHuman relationshipsDivided sense of identity
Health
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Short illness2024Led to death
Legacy
Prominent figure in contemporary poetry, contributions to British and New Zealand literature.
Trivia
- Sister is novelist Marilyn Duckworth.
- Married at 18, mother of two sons.
- Noted translator of medieval Latin and Romanian poetry.