Bernadette Hall
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Born | 1945 (age 78–79) Alexandra, New Zealand |
Occupation | Writer |
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Notable awards | Robert Burns Fellowship |
Bernadette Hall MNZM (born 1945) is a New Zealand playwright and poet.
Biography
Hall was born in 1945 in Alexandra, New Zealand. She was raised in what she describes as "a small-city Catholic community that was proud, theatrical and pretty much enclosed."[1] After a career as a teacher of Latin and classical studies, she started writing full-time in her forties.[2] She has held residencies at both Canterbury University and Victoria University[3] and is widely published.[1][4][5] She spent 10 years as the editor of Takahe magazine and five as the poetry editor of The Press, Christchurch's main daily newspaper.[5]
Hall's poetry collection The Lustre Jug was a finalist in the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards.[6]
She is the patron of Hagley Writers' Institute.[7]
Works
Plays
- Glad and the Angels (1992)[5]
- The Clothesline (1993)[8]
- The Girl Who Sings Waterfalls (1992)[8]
Poetry collections
- Heartwood (Caxton Press, Christchurch, 1989)[9]
- of Elephants etc. (Untold Press, 1990)
- The Persistent Levitator (Victoria University Press, 1994)
- Still Talking (Victoria University Press, 1997)
- Settler Dreaming (Victoria University Press, 2001)
- The Merino Princess: Selected Poems (Victoria University Press, 2004)
- The Ponies (Victoria University Press, 2007)
- The Lustre Jug (Victoria University Press, 2009)
- Life & Customs (Victoria University Press, 2014)
Awards and honours
- 1991 – Writer in residence at the University of Canterbury[5]
- 1996 – Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago[5]
- 2004 – Antarctica New Zealand Arts Fellowship[5]
- 2006 – Writer's fellowship at Victoria University[5]
- 2015 – Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement in Poetry[10]
- 2017 – Appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature, in the 2017 New Year Honours[11]
References
- ^ a b Bernadette Hall biography at the IIML
- ^ Bernadette Hall Archived 22 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine biography at Victoria University Press
- ^ Book launch at Christchurch Arts Festival Archived 25 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bernadette Hall biography at the New Zealand Electronic Text Center
- ^ a b c d e f g Bernadette Hall biography at the New Zealand Book Council
- ^ New Zealand Post Book Awards Finalists 2010
- ^ "Hagley Writers' Institute » Staff". hagleywriters.net. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ a b Bernadette Hall bibliography at The NZ Literature File Archived 5 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bernadette Hall biography at the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre.
- ^ "Previous winners". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2017". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
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- 1959 Ian Cross
- 1960 Maurice Duggan
- 1961 John Caselberg
- 1962 R.A.K. Mason
- 1963 Maurice Shadbolt
- 1964 Maurice Gee
- 1965 Janet Frame
- 1966–67 James K. Baxter
- 1968 Ruth Dallas
- 1969 Warren Dibble
- 1970 O. E. Middleton
- 1971 Noel Hilliard
- 1972 Ian Wedde
- 1973 Graham Billing
- 1974 Hone Tuwhare
- 1975 Witi Ihimaera
- 1976 Sam Hunt
- 1977 Keri Hulme
- 1977–78 Roger Hall
- 1978 Peter Olds
- 1979 Michael A. Noonan
- 1980 Philip Temple
- 1981–82 William Sewell
- 1983 Rawiri Paratene
- 1984 Brian Turner
- 1985–86 Cilla McQueen
- 1987 Robert Lord
- 1988 John Dickson
- 1989 Renée
- 1990 David Eggleton
- 1991 Lynley Hood
- 1992 Owen Marshall
- 1993 Stuart Hoar
- 1994 Christine Johnston
- 1995 Elspeth Sandys
- 1996 Bernadette Hall
- 1997 Paddy Richardson
- 1998–99 Michael King
- 1999 Paula Boock
- 2000 James Norcliffe
- 2001 Jo Randerson
- 2002 Alison Wong
- 2003 Nick Ascroft
- 2003 Sarah Quigley
- 2004 Kate Duignan
- 2005–06 Catherine Chidgey
- 2006 Dianne Ruth Pettis
- 2007 Laurence Fearnley
- 2008 Sue Wootton
- 2009 Michael Harlow
- 2010 Michele Powles
- 2011 Fiona Farrell
- 2012 Emma Neale
- 2013 David Howard
- 2014 Majella Cullinane
- 2015 Louise Wallace
- 2016 Victor Rodger
- 2017 Craig Cliff
- 2018 Rhian Gallagher
- 2019 Emily Duncan
- 2020 John Newton
- 2021 Becky Manawatu
- 2022 Albert Belz
- 2023 Kathryn van Beek
- 2024 Mikaela Nyman
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