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Michele Joy Leggott

ミシェル・ジョイ・レゴット

Michele Joy Leggott

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1956-01-01 (Stratford, New Zealand)
Nationality
New Zealand
Languages
English
Residence History
Stratford, New Zealand → Auckland, New Zealand → Canada

Career

Occupations
poet, professor of English
Active Years
1980-
Affiliations
University of Auckland
Influenced By
Louis Zukofsky

Education

University of Canterbury
English
Degree: MA
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: New Zealand
University of British Columbia
English
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: Canada
Dissertation on Louis Zukofsky

Awards

International PEN First Book of Poetry award
1988
Work: Like This?
Organization: International PEN
Result: 受賞
New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
1995
Work: DIA
Result: 受賞
New Zealand Poet Laureate
2008
Result: 受賞
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
2009
Organization: New Zealand Government
Result: 受賞
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
2013
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Like This?

1988 Poetry

First book of poems

domestic

DIA

1994 Poetry

As far as I can see

1999 Poetry

Poetry collection about losing her sight

blindness

Bibliography

  • Like This?: Poems (1988)
  • Swimmers, Dancers (1991)
  • DIA (1994)
  • As far as I can see (1999)
  • Milk & Honey (2005)
  • Journey to Portugal (2006)
  • Mirabile Dictu (2009)
  • Heartland (2014)
  • Vanishing Points (2017)
  • Mezzaluna (2020)

Translations by Author

  • Reading Zukofsky's 80 Flowers (1989)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental
Recurring Motifs
visionlightdarkness

Health

  • progressive blindness
    1985年以降
    Influenced her poetry; awarded Blind Achievers Award in 1999

Legacy

Prominent New Zealand poet, served as Poet Laureate 2007-2009

Trivia

  • Married to Mark Fryer, with two adult sons