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Peter Bland

ピーター・ブランド

Pītā Burando

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1934-05-12 （Scarborough, North Yorkshire）
Nationality
British, New Zealand
Languages
English
Residence History
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK → Wellington, New Zealand → Britain → Auckland, New Zealand

Career

Occupations
poet, actor, playwright, radio producer, theatre artistic director
Active Years
1958-2014
Affiliations
Downstage Theatre, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, Wellington Group
Influenced By
James K. Baxter, Louis Johnson

Education

Victoria University of Wellington
Country: New Zealand
Graduated after emigrating to New Zealand at age 20.

Awards

Cholmondeley Award
1977
Result: winner
Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition
Organization: Arvon Foundation
Result: winner
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
2011
Organization: Creative New Zealand
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Stone Tents

1981 Poetry

Poetry collection

The Crusoe Factor

1985 Poetry

Poetry collection

Collected Poems: 1956–2011

2013 Poetry

Collected poems from 1956 to 2011

Bibliography

  • Title 3 poets: I. Habitual fevers, by Peter Bland. II. The watchers, by John Boyd. III. The sensual anchor, by Victor O'Leary
  • My Side of the Story: Poems 1960–1964
  • Domestic Interiors
  • The Man With the Carpet-Bag
  • Mr. Maui
  • Primitives
  • Stone Tents
  • The Crusoe Factor
  • Selected Poems
  • Paper Boats
  • Selected Poems
  • Let's Meet: poems 1985-2003
  • Ports of Call
  • The Night Kite: Poems for Children
  • Mr Maui's Monologues
  • Loss
  • Starkey the Gentle Pirate
  • Coming Ashore
  • Collected Poems: 1956–2011
  • Breath Dances
  • Hunting Elephants

Legacy

British-born New Zealand poet and actor, associated with the Wellington Group.