Rhian Gallagher (born 1961) is a poet from New Zealand.
Rhian Gallagher | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Timaru, New Zealand |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Shift |
| Notable awards | New Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry (2011), Janet Frame Literary Trust Award (2008) |
Background
editGallagher was born in 1961 in Timaru, New Zealand. She currently lives in Dunedin.[1]
Career
editBetween 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
editSalt 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
editPoetry
edit- 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
edit- Feeling for Daylight: The Photographs of Jack Adamson (South Canterbury Museum, 2010)
References
edit- ^ a b "Rhian Gallagher". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Rhian Gallagher". Enitharmon Editions. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Gallagher, Rhian (2003). Salt Water Creek. Enitharmon Editions. ISBN 9781900564380.
- ^ Gallagher, Rhian (2011). Shift. Auckland University Press. ISBN 9781869404871.
- ^ "Best New Zealand Poems 2003". www.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Manhire, Bill (2005). 121 New Zealand Poems. Godwit. ISBN 9781869621148.
- ^ Brown, James, ed. (2005). The Nature of Things: Poems from the New Zealand Landscape. Potton and Burton. ISBN 9781877333330.
- ^ Manhire, Bill; Wilkins, Damien. The Best of the Best New Zealand Poems. Victoria University Press. ISBN 9780864736512.
- ^ a b "Prestigious University of Otago Arts Fellowships announced". University of Otago. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b "The Robert Burns Fellowship, Otago Fellows". University of Otago, New Zealand. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Project follows spirit of Du Faur". Otago Daily Times. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Forward Alumni". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Community Historian". Canterbury History Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Janet Frame Literary Trust". Janet Frame. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Embrace". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Noted. "100 Best Books of 2011". The Listener. Retrieved 26 November 2017.