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Gregory Leo O’Brien (born 1961) is a New Zealand poet, painter and editor.
"Rocks, Te Namu Pa, Taranaki"; "Untitled"; "Beausoleil", "European", ''Shearsman 59''
* ttp://jacketmagazine.com/35/obrien-jacket-arm.shtml "Wet Jacket Arm", ''Jacket 35'', Early 2008* Location of the Least Person (opening with the ‘Old Man South Road’ sequence), was published in Auckland in 1987 * Dunes and Barns (1988) * Man with a Child’s Violin (1990) * Great Lake (Sydney, 1991) * Malachi, a charming verse novella (Adelaide, 1993) * Days Beside Water, Auckland in 1993 * Winter I Was (Victoria University Press, 1999) * Afternoon of an Evening Train (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2005)
"''Running Dog'' The Poetry of Ken Bolton", ''Sport 16'': Autumn 1996
* ''After Bathing At Baxter's'', Victoria University Press, 2002. * ''News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore'' (Carcanet Press, Manchester, 2007) * ''A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 Years of the New Zealand School Journal'' (Learning Media Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand, 2007)
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Gregory Leo O’Brien (born 1961) is a New Zealand poet, painter and editor.
Life
Born in Matamata in 1961, O'Brien trained as a journalist in Auckland and worked as a newspaper reporter in Northland. He graduated from the University of Auckland. His work has appeared in ''Islands'', ''Landfall'', ''Sport'', ''Meanjin'' and ''Scripsi''. He lives in Wellington.Awards and honours
* 1988 Sargeson Fellowship * 1995 Victoria University Writing Fellow * 1997 Landfall Essay Competition * 1997 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry * 2005LIANZA Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award
The Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award was first awarded in 2002 by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA). It aimed to encourage the production of the best non-fiction writing for young New Zealanders. The award was p ...
* 2008 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Reference and Anthology
* 2012 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement is a New Zealand literary award established in 2003 by the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand), the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government. Each ...
In the 2014 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 2014 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrati ...
, O'Brien was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts.
Works
"Rocks, Te Namu Pa, Taranaki"; "Untitled"; "Beausoleil", "European", ''Shearsman 59''
* ttp://jacketmagazine.com/35/obrien-jacket-arm.shtml "Wet Jacket Arm", ''Jacket 35'', Early 2008* Location of the Least Person (opening with the ‘Old Man South Road’ sequence), was published in Auckland in 1987 * Dunes and Barns (1988) * Man with a Child’s Violin (1990) * Great Lake (Sydney, 1991) * Malachi, a charming verse novella (Adelaide, 1993) * Days Beside Water, Auckland in 1993 * Winter I Was (Victoria University Press, 1999) * Afternoon of an Evening Train (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2005)
Novel
* Diesel Mystic (1989),Anthologies
*Criticism
"''Running Dog'' The Poetry of Ken Bolton", ''Sport 16'': Autumn 1996
* ''After Bathing At Baxter's'', Victoria University Press, 2002. * ''News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore'' (Carcanet Press, Manchester, 2007) * ''A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 Years of the New Zealand School Journal'' (Learning Media Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand, 2007)
Editor
*References
External links
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