Rhian Gallagher (born 1961) is a poet from New Zealand.

Background

Gallagher was born in 1961 in Timaru, New Zealand. She currently lives in Dunedin.[1]

Career

Between 1995 and 2005, Gallagher worked in publishing in London before returning to New Zealand.[1][2] Her first poetry collection, Salt Water Creek, was published in 2003.[3] In 2012, she published her second collection, Shift.[4]

Poetry by Gallagher has been published in a number of literary journals and anthologies including Best New Zealand Poems,[5] 121 New Zealand Poems,[6] The Nature of Things: Poems from the New Zealand Landscape,[7] and The Best of the Best New Zealand Poems.[8]

In 2010 the South Canterbury Museum published her non-fiction biography of mountaineer Jack Adamson entitled Feeling for Daylight: The Photographs of Jack Adamson.[9]

Gallagher collaborated with artist Lynn Taylor and printer Sarah Smith to create the artist book Freda Du Faur, Southern Alps 1909-1913, celebrating the life and achievements of Freda Du Faur, the first woman to climb Aoraki/Mount Cook.[10][11]

Awards

Salt Water Creek was shortlisted for the 2003 Forward Prize for First Collection.[12]

The Canterbury History Foundation awarded Gallagher the 2007 Canterbury Community Historian Award which supported the publication of Feeling for Daylight: The Photographs of Jack Adamson.[13]

In 2008 she was awarded the Janet Frame Award for Poetry.[14] Her poem 'Embrace' placed third in the Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition.[15]

In the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Awards, Shift won New Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry.[16] The collection was included in the New Zealand Listener's Best Books of 2011.[17]

Gallagher held the 2018 University of Otago Robert Burns Fellowship.[10][9]

Works

Poetry

  • Salt Water Creek (Enitharmon Press, 2003)
  • Shift (Auckland University Press, 2011; Enitharmon Press, 2012)
  • Freda Du Faur, Southern Alps 1909-1913 (Otakou Press, 2016)
  • Far-Flung (Auckland University Press, 2020)

Non-Fiction

  • Feeling for Daylight: The Photographs of Jack Adamson (South Canterbury Museum, 2010)

References

  1. ^ a b "Rhian Gallagher". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Rhian Gallagher". Enitharmon Editions. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ Gallagher, Rhian (2003). Salt Water Creek. Enitharmon Editions. ISBN 9781900564380.
  4. ^ Gallagher, Rhian (2011). Shift. Auckland University Press. ISBN 9781869404871.
  5. ^ "Best New Zealand Poems 2003". www.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ^ Manhire, Bill (2005). 121 New Zealand Poems. Godwit. ISBN 9781869621148.
  7. ^ Brown, James, ed. (2005). The Nature of Things: Poems from the New Zealand Landscape. Potton and Burton. ISBN 9781877333330.
  8. ^ Manhire, Bill; Wilkins, Damien. The Best of the Best New Zealand Poems. Victoria University Press. ISBN 9780864736512.
  9. ^ a b "Prestigious University of Otago Arts Fellowships announced". University of Otago. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  10. ^ a b "The Robert Burns Fellowship, Otago Fellows". University of Otago, New Zealand. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Project follows spirit of Du Faur". Otago Daily Times. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Forward Alumni". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Community Historian". Canterbury History Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Janet Frame Literary Trust". Janet Frame. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Embrace". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  17. ^ Noted. "100 Best Books of 2011". The Listener. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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