Stephanie de Montalk

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Stephanie de Montalk
Born1945 (age 75–76)
New Zealand
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish
NationalityNew Zealander
Alma mater Wellington Hospital, Victoria University of Wellington
GenrePoetry
Notable awardsNZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry, Nigel Cox Award
Website
www.stephaniedemontalk.co.nz

Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945) is a poet and biographer from New Zealand.

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Background

Born in 1945, in New Zealand, de Montalk grew up in the Far North and Wellington. [1] She trained at Wellington Hospital School of Nursing and received and MA and PhD in Creative Writing from Victoria University of Wellington. She has worked as a nurse, documentary filmmaker, and from 1996–2002 member of the New Zealand Film and Literature Board of Review. [2] [3] [4]

Works

Published works by de Montalk include:

de Montalk has also published in various literary journals including Landfall , Southerly, London Magazine, and New Zealand Listener . [4] Her poems have also been published in the 2005 the Best New Zealand Poems series. [5]

In 2001, she published a biography of her second-cousin Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk entitled, Unquiet World: The Life of Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk. [6] [4]

Following an accident in 2003, de Montalk's writing has often explored concepts of isolation and exile. [2] In her 2014 creative nonfiction work, How Does It Hurt? she explores ideas around chronic pain, both her own and the experiences of other writers. [7] [8]

In 2007, an engraving of her poem, Violinist at the Edge of an Ice Field was erected at the Franz Josef Glacier visitor centre. [4]

Awards

In 1997, while studying at the Victoria University of Wellington de Montalk was a joint winner of the Original Composition prize. [4] [2] Also in 1997, her short story 'The Waiting' was a joint winner of the Novice Writers' Award in the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Short Story Awards. [4] [3]

In 2001 her collection Animals Indoors won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. [9]

In 2006 she was the Victoria University of Wellington Writer in Residence. [10]

How Does It Hurt? won the Nigel Cox Award from Unity Books in 2015. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Stephanie de Montalk. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stephanie de Montalk". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Stephanie de Montalk". New Zealand Society of Authors & Writers Association. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Stephanie de Montalk". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Best New Zealand Poems 2005". victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  6. ↑ de Montalk, Stephanie (2001). Unquiet World: The Life of Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk. Victoria University Press. ISBN   9780864734143.
  7. ↑ Chapman, Wallace (9 November 2014). "Stephanie de Montalk - Hurts Like Hell". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  8. ↑ de montalk, Stephanie (2014). How Does It Hurt?. Victoria University Press. ISBN   9780864739698.
  9. ↑ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Writer in Residence". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Stephanie de Montalk Receives Nigel Cox Award". Unity Books. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

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