Elizabeth Smither
Autor(a) de The mathematics of Jane Austen and other stories
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Elizabeth Smither
Associated Works
The colour of distance : New Zealand writers in France, French writers in New Zealand (2006) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1941-09-15
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- New Zealand
- Local de nascimento
- New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Locais de residência
- New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Ocupação
- poet
short story writer
librarian
novelist - Relacionamentos
- Smither, Michael (ex-husband)
- Premiações
- New Zealand Order of Merit
New Zealand Poet Laureate (2001-2003)
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 26
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 104
- Popularidade
- #184,481
- Avaliação
- 3.3
- Resenhas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 53
- Favorito
- 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.