Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2004) Winner
Kevin Ireland
ケヴィン・アイリランド
Kevin Ireland
Aliases:
Kevin Mark Jowsey
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1933-07-18 （Auckland, New Zealand）
- Died
- 2023-05-19 （Auckland, New Zealand） age 89
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Auckland → Waikato farm → Takapuna → London → Devonport, New Zealand
Career
- Occupations
- poet, short story writer, novelist, librettist
- Active Years
- 1963-2022
- Affiliations
- President of PEN New Zealand (1990-91), University of Auckland Writing Fellow (1989), University of Canterbury Writer-in-Residence (1986)
- Memberships
- PEN International
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland Teachers' College | — | Teacher Training | — | — | New Zealand |
Auckland Teachers' College
Teacher Training
Country:
New Zealand
did not complete a qualification
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | New Zealand Book Award for Poetry | Literary Cartoons | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) | — | — | British Crown | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement | — | — | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 1990 | New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Honorary Doctor of Literature | — | — | Massey University | 授与 |
New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
1979
Work:
Literary Cartoons
Result:
受賞
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1992
Organization:
British Crown
Result:
受賞
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
2004
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
1990
Result:
受賞
Honorary Doctor of Literature
2000
Organization:
Massey University
Result:
授与
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Literary Cartoons
1977 PoetrySelected Poems
1988 PoetrySkinning a fish
1994 PoetrySleeping With the Angels
1995 Short storiesUnder the bridge and over the moon
1998 MemoirBibliography
- Face to Face: Twenty-Four Poems
- Educating the Body
- A Letter from Amsterdam
- Orchids, Hummingbirds and Other Poems
- A Grammar of Dreams
- Literary Cartoons
- The Dangers of Art
- Practice Night in the Drill Hall: Poems
- The Year of the Comet
- Selected Poems
- Tiberius at the Beehive
- Skinning a fish
- Anzac Day: Selected Poems
- Fourteen reasons for writing: new poems
- Walking the land
- Airports and other wasted days
- How to Survive the Morning
- Table Talk
- Dreamy Days and Nothing Done
- Selected Poems 1963-2013
- Feeding the birds
- Looking out to sea
- Humphry Bogart's great sacrifice
- A fine morning at Passchendaele
- Keeping a grip
- Shape of the heart
- Just like that
- Sleeping With the Angels
- Blowing My Top
- The Man Who Never Lived
- The Craymore Affair
- Getting Away With It
- The Jigsaw Chronicles
- Daisy Chains
- The New Zealand Collection: A Celebration of the New Zealand Novel
- Under the bridge and over the moon
- Backwards to forwards: a memoir
- A Month at the Back of My Brain: A Third Memoir
Translations of Works
- Backwards to forwards (translated into Bulgarian)
Health
-
Cancer晩年Cause of death
Legacy
Prominent New Zealand poet, novelist, and memoirist who received several literary awards.
Trivia
- Born Kevin Mark Jowsey, changed surname to Ireland by deed poll in 1957.
- Lived in London for 25 years, employed by The Times.
- Spent time in Bulgaria translating Bulgarian poetry into English.