Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
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Edition 16 (2018) Winner
Michael Harlow
マイケル・ハーロウ
Maikeru Hārou
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937 （New England, United States of America）
- Nationality
- New Zealander
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New England, United States → New Zealand
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer, editor, publisher, librettist, Jungian therapist
- Active Years
- 1965-2022
- Influenced By
- Constantine P. Cavafy, Kurt Schwitters, Paul Klee, Carl Gustav Jung
- Nominations
- Poetry finalist in the 1991 New Zealand Book Awards for Giotto's Elephant, Poetry finalist in the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards for The Tram Conductor's Blue Cap
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | PEN/NZ Best First Book of Prose | Take a Risk, Trust Your Language, Make a Poem | — | PEN New Zealand | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship | — | — | New Zealand Cultural Authority | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Robert Burns Fellowship | — | — | University of Otago | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement | — | — | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Kathleen Grattan Award | Nothing for it but to Sing | — | Otago University Press | 受賞 |
PEN/NZ Best First Book of Prose
1986
Work:
Take a Risk, Trust Your Language, Make a Poem
Organization:
PEN New Zealand
Result:
受賞
Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship
1986
Organization:
New Zealand Cultural Authority
Result:
受賞
Robert Burns Fellowship
2009
Organization:
University of Otago
Result:
受賞
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement
2018
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
Kathleen Grattan Award
2015
Work:
Nothing for it but to Sing
Organization:
Otago University Press
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Giotto's Elephant
1991 poetryA collection exploring Jungian psychology, dreams, and fantasy. Finalist in the 1991 New Zealand Book Awards poetry section.
dreamsunconsciousfantasy
The Tram Conductor's Blue Cap
2009 poetryPlayful collection with allusions to Ancient Greece and Biblical tones. Finalist in the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards poetry section.
Ancient Greecemythpsychotherapy
Nothing for it but to Sing
2016 poetryLyrical and rhythmic poems on existence, temporality, love, and mortality. Winner of 2015 Kathleen Grattan Award.
lovedeathunconscious
Bibliography
- Poems (1965)
- Edges (1974)
- Nothing But Switzerland and Lemonade (1980)
- Today is the Piano's Birthday (1981)
- Vlaminck's Tie (1985)
- Giotto's Elephant (1991)
- Cassandra's Daughter (2005)
- The Tram Conductor's Blue Cap (2009)
- Sweeping the Courtyard: The Selected Poems of Michael Harlow (2014)
- Heart absolutely I can (2014)
- Nothing For It But To Sing (2016)
- The Moon in a Bowl of Water (2019)
- Renoir's Bicycle: a collection of prose poems (2022)
- Take a Risk, Trust Your Language, Make a Poem (1986)
Translations of Works
- Translated into French, Italian, Greek, Spanish, German and Romanian
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- prose poetryfree versevariety of typefacesmix of traditional stanzas and free verse
- Recurring Motifs
- dreams and fantasyJungian psychologyreferences to 20th-century artistsAncient Greeceunconscious
Legacy
Important figure in New Zealand poetry over a long career. Pioneer of prose poetry in NZ, known for Jungian-influenced style. Recipient of Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement and others.
Quotes
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A poem writes me as much as I it. A simple enough but political idea, too. I'm fairly certain there are poems around us all the time.
Source: Edges (1974) -
Harlow is a distinguished and serious writer, dealing with big issues: life, death, sorrow, the inner consciousness, yet there is a bubble of gaiety, a vitality, never far from the surface.
Source: Fiona Kidman
Trivia
- Of Greek and Ukrainian heritage.
- Moved to New Zealand in 1968.
- Published the first book of prose poems in New Zealand.