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Paula Green

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Pōra Gurīn

Aliases: Paula Joy Green

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1955 (Auckland)
Nationality
New Zealand
Languages
English
Residence History
Auckland, New Zealand

Career

Occupations
poet, children's author
Active Years
1997-2024
Affiliations
University of Auckland Literary Fellow
Nominations
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2020 shortlist (Wild Honey: Reading NZ Women's Poetry), New Zealand Post Book Awards 2011 finalist (99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry), LIANZA Children's Book Awards 2015 shortlist (The Letterbox Cat and Other Poems)

Education

Kamo High School
Country: New Zealand
University of Auckland
Italian
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2005
Country: New Zealand
PhD in Italian, supervised by Bernadette Luciano. Literary Fellow.

Awards

Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
2017
Category: poetry
Organization: New Zealand Government
Result: winner
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
2017
Organization: New Zealand Government
Result: recipient
Children's Choice Non-Fiction Award
2015
Work: The Letterbox Cat and Other Poems
Organization: New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Track

2019 Poetry

New York Pocket Book

2017 Poetry

Wild Honey: Reading NZ Women's Poetry

2019 Poetry criticism

Bibliography

  • Cookhouse (1997)
  • Chrome (2000)
  • Crosswind (2004)
  • Making Lists for Francis Hodgkins (2007)
  • Slip Stream (2010)
  • The Baker's Thumbprint (2013)
  • New York Pocket Book (2017)
  • The Track (2019)
  • Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo (2006, editor)
  • The Terrible Night (2008)
  • Macaroni Moon (2008)
  • Aunt Concertina and Her Niece Evalina (2009)
  • The Letterbox Cat and Other Poems (2014)
  • Treasury of NZ Poems for Children (2014, editor)
  • Groovy Fish and Other Poems (2019)
  • Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems (2012, editor)
  • 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry (2010, co-author)

Legacy

Prominent New Zealand poet and children's author. Winner of the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement in poetry, with numerous poetry collections and children's books published. Operates blogs like NZ Poetry Shelf.

Trivia

  • Married to painter Michael Hight.
  • Operates poetry blogs NZ Poetry Shelf (for adults) and Poetry Box (for children).
  • Poems featured in Best New Zealand Poems 2002, 2004, 2006; guest editor in 2007.