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English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... This page is a list of New Zealand poets ... Peter Olds (1944–2023) Stephen Oliver (born 1950)
After a career in the insurance industry in such places as Greymouth, New Plymouth, and Wellington, Peter Jacobson retired in Akaroa with his wife Jeanette, who was also a poet and wrote under the name J. Esther Broun. [6] He was a friend of the New Zealand painter Toss Woollaston. [7]
Peter John Olds (2 June 1944 – 31 August 2023) [1] was a New Zealand poet from Dunedin.He was regarded as being a significant contributor within New Zealand literary circles, in particular, having an influence with younger poets in the 1970s.
He worked as a radio producer for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. He became closely associated with the Wellington Group which included James K. Baxter and Louis Johnson . He worked in theatre, as co-founder and artistic director of Downstage Theatre from 1964–68.
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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]
Hedley Colwill "Peter" Hooper (19 May 1919 – 3 April 1991) was a New Zealand teacher, writer, bookseller and conservationist. He was born in London , England and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of four, growing up in the Nelson and West Coast districts.
Owen Leeming (born 1930), poet, playwright, radio presenter and television producer; Michele Leggott (born 1956), poet and professor of English; Colleen Maria Lenihan (living), short-story writer and screenwriter; Louise Wareham Leonard (born 1965), novelist and poet; Robert Leonard (born 1963), writer about contemporary art