Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2013) Winner
Kirsty Gunn
キスティ・ガン
Kisuti Gan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1960 （New Zealand）
- Nationality
- New Zealander
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New Zealand → UK (Oxford) → Scotland (Dundee)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, essayist, short story writer, professor of creative writing
- Active Years
- 1994-2025
- Affiliations
- University of Dundee, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature, Royal Literary Fund, Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Nominations
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlisted, Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlisted, Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction finalist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria University of Wellington | — | — | — | — | New Zealand |
| Oxford University | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Victoria University of Wellington
Country:
New Zealand
Oxford University
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards | The Boy and the Sea | Fiction | Scottish Arts Council | Won |
| 2007 | Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year | The Boy and the Sea | — | Scottish Arts Council | Won |
| 2013 | New Zealand Post Book Awards | The Big Music | Fiction | New Zealand Book Awards Trust | Won |
| 2013 | NZ Post Book of the Year | The Big Music | — | New Zealand Post | Won |
| 2015 | Edge Hill Short Story Prize | Infidelities | — | Edge Hill University | Won |
Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards
2007
Work:
The Boy and the Sea
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Scottish Arts Council
Result:
Won
Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year
2007
Work:
The Boy and the Sea
Organization:
Scottish Arts Council
Result:
Won
New Zealand Post Book Awards
2013
Work:
The Big Music
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
New Zealand Book Awards Trust
Result:
Won
NZ Post Book of the Year
2013
Work:
The Big Music
Organization:
New Zealand Post
Result:
Won
Edge Hill Short Story Prize
2015
Work:
Infidelities
Organization:
Edge Hill University
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Rain
1994 NovelA short novel about a girl and her family.
familyloss
Adaptations
- [Film] Rain / Christine Jeffs (2001)
- [Ballet] Rain / Rosas Company
The Boy and the Sea
2006 NovelA novel about a boy and the sea.
losssea
The Big Music
2012 NovelA novel inspired by pibroch bagpipe music.
musictradition
Infidelities
2014 Short story collectionA collection of short stories about infidelities.
infidelityrelationships
Bibliography
- Rain (1994), The Keepsake (1997), Featherstone (2002), The Boy and the Sea (2006), The Big Music (2012), Caroline's Bikini (2018), This Place You Return To Is Home (1999), Infidelities (2014), Pretty Ugly (2024), etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- metafictionalpoetic
- Recurring Motifs
- lossfamilysea
Legacy
Recognized as a key figure in contemporary Scottish literature, with multiple awards.