Rhian Gallagher

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Rhian Gallagher
Born1961 (age 60–61)
Timaru, New Zealand
GenrePoetry
Notable worksShift
Notable awardsNew Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry (2011), Janet Frame Literary Trust Award (2008)

Rhian Gallagher (born 1961) is a poet from New Zealand.

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Background

Gallagher was born in 1961 in Timaru, New Zealand. She currently lives in Dunedin. [1]

Career

Between 1995 and 2005, Gallagher worked in publishing in London before returning to New Zealand. [1] [2] Her first poetry collection, Salt Water Creek, was published in 2003. [3] In 2012, she published her second collection, Shift. [4]

Poetry by Gallagher has been published in a number of literary journals and anthologies including Best New Zealand Poems , [5] 121 New Zealand Poems, [6] The Nature of Things: Poems from the New Zealand Landscape, [7] and The Best of the Best New Zealand Poems. [8]

In 2010 the South Canterbury Museum published her non-fiction biography of mountaineer Jack Adamson entitled Feeling for Daylight: The Photographs of Jack Adamson. [9]

Gallagher collaborated with artist Lynn Taylor and printer Sarah Smith to create the artist book Freda Du Faur, Southern Alps 1909-1913, celebrating the life and achievements of Freda Du Faur, the first woman to climb Aoraki/Mount Cook. [10] [11]

Awards

Salt Water Creek was shortlisted for the 2003 Forward Prize for First Collection. [12]

The Canterbury History Foundation awarded Gallagher the 2007 Canterbury Community Historian Award which supported the publication of Feeling for Daylight: The Photographs of Jack Adamson. [13]

In 2008 she was awarded the Janet Frame Award for Poetry. [14] Her poem 'Embrace' placed third in the Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition. [15]

In the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Awards, Shift won New Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry. [16] The collection was included in the New Zealand Listener's Best Books of 2011. [17]

Gallagher held the 2018 University of Otago Robert Burns Fellowship. [10] [9]

Works

Poetry

Non-Fiction

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rhian Gallagher". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rhian Gallagher". Enitharmon Editions. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Gallagher, Rhian (2003). Salt Water Creek. Enitharmon Editions. ISBN   9781900564380.
  4. ↑ Gallagher, Rhian (2011). Shift. Auckland University Press. ISBN   9781869404871.
  5. ↑ "Best New Zealand Poems 2003". www.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Manhire, Bill (2005). 121 New Zealand Poems. Godwit. ISBN   9781869621148.
  7. ↑ Brown, James, ed. (2005). The Nature of Things: Poems from the New Zealand Landscape. Potton and Burton. ISBN   9781877333330.
  8. ↑ Manhire, Bill; Wilkins, Damien. The Best of the Best New Zealand Poems. Victoria University Press. ISBN   9780864736512.
  9. 1 2 "Prestigious University of Otago Arts Fellowships announced". University of Otago. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  10. 1 2 "The Robert Burns Fellowship, Otago Fellows". University of Otago, New Zealand. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Project follows spirit of Du Faur". Otago Daily Times. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Forward Alumni". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Community Historian". Canterbury History Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Janet Frame Literary Trust". Janet Frame. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Embrace". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  17. ↑ Noted. "100 Best Books of 2011". The Listener. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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