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William Manhire CNZM (born 27 December 1946) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, emeritus professor, and New Zealand's inaugural Poet Laureate (1997–1998). He founded New Zealand's first creative writing course at Victoria University of Wellington in 1975, founded the International Institute of Modern Letters in 2001, and has been a strong promoter of New Zealand literature and poetry ...
The poem appeared posthumously as a book in 1997 and "was immediately recognised as perhaps his finest work and one of the major New Zealand poems", according to Peter Simpson. [1] In 2006, "Mudflat Works", the online division of Holloway Press , published online Smithyman's 1,500-poem Collected Works , which Smithyman had selected, made final ...
William Pember Reeves (10 February 1857 – 16 May 1932) was a New Zealand politician, cricketer, historian and poet who promoted social reform. Early life and career [ edit ]
William Pember Reeves (1857–1932) Harry Ricketts (born 1950) Elspeth Sandys (born 1940) Rosie Scott (1948–2017) William Sewell (1951–2003) Iain Sharp (born 1953) Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985) Keith Sinclair (1922–1993) Tracey Slaughter (born 1972) Anna Smaill (born 1979) Elizabeth Smither (born 1941) Kendrick Smithyman (1922–1995 ...
In 2001, poet and professor Bill Manhire of the International Institute of Modern Letters founded Best New Zealand Poems. The anthology is published online and features 25 poems from New Zealand poets, each year selected by a different guest editor. Journalist Philip Matthews has described it as "a reliable guide to local poetry". [1]
The New Zealand School Journal is a periodical children's educational publication in New Zealand. ... and also featured poetry by William Pember Reeves. [16]
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William Hart-Smith (23 November 1911 – 15 April 1990) [1] was a New Zealand/Australian poet who was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His family moved to New Zealand in 1924. He had about "seven years of formal schooling" in England, Scotland and New Zealand before getting work at 15. His first job was as a radio mechanic.