Ian Curtis Wedde (born 17 October 1946) is a New Zealand poet, fiction writer, critic, and art curator.

Biography

Born in Blenheim, New Zealand, Wedde lived in

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and England as a child before returning to New Zealand. He attended King's College and the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

, graduating with an MA in English in 1968. Wedde started publishing poetry in 1966. He travelled in

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and England in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and returned to New Zealand to live in

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in 1972. In 1975 he moved to

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. From 1983 to 1990 Wedde was the art critic for '' The Evening Post''. He co-edited ''The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse'' with

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in the mid 1980s, and ''The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Poetry'' with McQueen and

Miriama Evans Miriama Evans (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Mutungā, Ngāi Tahu; 19 February 1944 – 15 August 2018) was a New Zealand civil servant and publisher. Biography Evans was born in Christchurch in 1944; her father was a member of Ngāti Mutunga iwi (tr ...

in 1989. He became the arts project manager at

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in 1994. A collection of essays, ''Making Ends Meet'', was published in 2005. Wedde was appointed an

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...

in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to art and literature.

Poetry collections

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

: ''Homage to Matisse'' * 1974: ''Made Over'' *

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

: ''Pathway to the Sea'' *

: ''Earthly: Sonnets for Carlos'' * 1977: ''Spells for Coming Out'' * 1980: ''Castally: Poems 1973–1977'' * 1984: ''Tales of Gotham City'' * 1984: ''Georgicon'' * 1987: ''Driving into the Storm: Selected Poems'' *

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

: ''Tendering'' * 1993: ''The Drummer'' * 2001: ''The Commonplace Odes'' *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: ''Three Regrets and A Hymn to Beauty''

Fiction

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

: ''Dick Seddon’s Great Dive'', winner of the Book Award for Fiction in 1977 *

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

: ''The Shirt Factory and Other Stories'' *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

: ''Symmes Hole'' *

: ''Survival Arts'' *

: ''Chinese Opera'' *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

: ''The Viewing Platform'' *

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

: ''The Reed Warbler''

Notes

References

New Zealand Book CouncilNew Zealand electronic poetry centre

External links

Interview with Ian Wedde
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