Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
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Edition 10 (2012) Winner
Sam Hunt
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Samu Hanto
Aliases:
Samuel Percival Maitland Hunt
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946-07-04 （Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand）
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Castor Bay, Auckland → Pāuatahanui near Wellington → Pukerua Bay → Waiheke Island → Paparoa, Kaipara, Northland
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1963-2024
- Influenced By
- James K. Baxter, Denis Glover, Alistair Campbell, William Butler Yeats, Dylan Thomas
- Influenced
- Gary McCormick, Hone Tuwhare
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's College, Auckland | — | — | — | 1958-1963 | New Zealand |
| Teachers college | — | — | 卒業 | 1964-1967頃 | New Zealand |
St Peter's College, Auckland
Period:
1958-1963
Country:
New Zealand
Left school at age 16. Received corporal punishment for reciting a poem.
Teachers college
Degree:
卒業
Period:
1964-1967頃
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
New Zealand
Graduated and taught briefly at Mana College before dedicating to poetry.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Robert Burns Fellowship | — | — | University of Otago | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Queen's Service Medal | — | community service | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) | — | — | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement | — | — | Creative New Zealand | 受賞 |
Robert Burns Fellowship
1975
Organization:
University of Otago
Result:
受賞
Queen's Service Medal
1985
Category:
community service
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM)
2010
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement
2012
Organization:
Creative New Zealand
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
From Bottle Creek: Selected Poems 1967–69
1969 Poetry collectionSelected poems from 1967-1969, his first mature work.
Personal experienceDaily language
Collected Poems 1963–1980
1980 Poetry collectionCollection of poems from 1963 to 1980.
FamilyLove
Doubtless: new and selected poems
2008 Poetry collectionNew and selected poems.
Romanticism
Knucklebones: Poems 1962–2012
2012 Poetry collection50 years of poems.
Life's journey
Bibliography
- From Bottle Creek: Selected Poems 1967–69
- Bracken Country
- From Bottle Creek
- Roadsong Paekakariki
- South Into Winter: Poems and Roadsongs
- Time To Ride
- Drunkard's Garden
- Poems for the Eighties : New Poems
- Collected Poems 1963–1980
- Running Scared
- Approaches To Paremata
- Selected Poems
- Making Tracks
- Naming the Gods
- Down the Backbone
- Roaring Forties
- James K. Baxter: Poems selected and introduced by Sam Hunt
- Doubtless: new and selected poems
- Backroads, Charting a Poet's Life
- Chords & Other Poems
- Knucklebones: Poems 1962–2012
- Salt River Songs
- Coming To It: Selected Poems
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Colloquial languageSimple and directPerformance-oriented rhythmTraditional forms
- Recurring Motifs
- Personal experienceLove and lossFamily (father, mother, sons)RoadsongsRomanticism
Legacy
New Zealand's best-known poet, renowned for public performances of poetry. National icon, famous for pub recitals. Featured in paintings, music albums, and his own wine label.
Archives
- Alexander Turnbull Library (Sam Hunt Papers)
In Popular Culture
- Robin White's painting 'Sam Hunt at the Portobello Pub'
- Dick Frizzell's series of paintings of Sam Hunt poems
- Albums with David Kilgour
- Sam Hunt Wine (labels with his poems)
Trivia
- Travelled with his black and white sheepdog 'Minstrel'.
- Known for wearing tight 'Foxton straights' trousers.
- Memorized 200 poems by James K. Baxter.
- Sometimes calls his occupation 'sullen artist'.