Diane Brown

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Diane Brown

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Brown in 2013
Born1951 (age 70–71)
NationalityNew Zealander
Notable awardsMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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Diane Edith Brown MNZM (born 1951) is a novelist and poet from New Zealand.

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Background

Brown was born in 1951. She is based in Dunedin. [1]

Career

Brown has published several novels and poetry collections including:

She is also the author of the memoirs Liars and Lovers (2004), [2] Here Comes Another Vital Moment (2006), [3] and Taking My Mother To The Opera (2015). [4]

Poetry by Brown has appeared in literary journals including Landfall , Poetry New Zealand, and New Zealand Listener . [1]

Brown currently runs the creative writing school, Creative Writing Dunedin. [5]

Awards

In the 2013 New Year Honours, Brown was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, in recognition of services as a writer and educator. [6]

Before The Divorce We Go To Disneyland won the 1997 NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. [7] Eight Stages of Grace was a finalist in the 2003 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. [8]

Brown was the inaugural fellow at the Michael King Writer's Studio. [1] In 1997 she was awarded the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship with Shonagh Koea. [9] She was also awarded the 2013 Beatson Fellowship from Creative New Zealand [10] and in 2012 won the NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Diane Brown". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Brown, Diane (2004). Liars and Lovers: A Travel Memoir. Vintage. ISBN   9781869416140.
  3. ↑ Brown, Diane (2006). Here Comes Another Vital Moment. Godwit. ISBN   1869621190.
  4. ↑ Brown, Diane (2015). Taking My Mother To The Opera. Otago University Press. ISBN   9781927322154.
  5. ↑ "Creative Writing Dunedin". Creative Writing Dunedin. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "New Year honours list 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Diane Brown". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship". Grimshaw Sargeson. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Diane Brown awarded 2014 Beatson Fellowship". Creative New Zealand. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  11. ↑ McKinlay, Tom (20 December 2012). "Janet Frame award winner to work on new poetry". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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