Elizabeth Smither
Auteur de The mathematics of Jane Austen and other stories
A propos de l'auteur
Elizabeth Smither was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand on September 15, 1941. She is poet, novelist, and short story writer. Her collections of poems include The Commonplace Book, The Lark Quartet, A Pattern of Marching, Here Come the Clouds, Casanova's Ankle, Professor Musgrove's Canary, The afficher plus Tudor Style: Poems New and Selected, and The Year of the Adverbs. Her novels include First Blood and Brother-love Sister-love. Her collections of short stories include Nights at the Embassy and Mr. Fish. She also wrote a children's book entitled Tug Brothers and a collection of her journals entitled The Journal Box. She has received numerous awards including the 2012 Landfall Essay Prize, the Freda Buckland Award, the Prime Ministers Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry, the Lilian Ida Smith Award, and the 2016 Sarah Broom Poetry Prize. She is a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. In 2018 Sarah also won the Volume Ockhameter award in the Poetry category with her title Night Horse. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Elizabeth Smither
Oeuvres associées
The colour of distance : New Zealand writers in France, French writers in New Zealand (2006) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1941-09-15
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- New Zealand
- Lieu de naissance
- New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Lieux de résidence
- New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Professions
- poet
short story writer
librarian
novelist - Relations
- Smither, Michael (ex-husband)
- Prix et distinctions
- New Zealand Order of Merit
New Zealand Poet Laureate (2001-2003)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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- Œuvres
- 26
- Aussi par
- 9
- Membres
- 104
- Popularité
- #184,481
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 53
- Favoris
- 1
However, it suffered a bit as I had been reading lighter material and there was much rereading. It is a quiet story with snippets of poetry. A reflection of the art scene in London in seventies and eighties.