Collected Poems

Hardback

Main Details

Title Collected Poems
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Fleur Adcock
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781776562091
ClassificationsDewey:821.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Te Herenga Waka University Press
Imprint Victoria University Press
Publication Date 14 February 2019
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

Fleur Adcock's Collected Poems is a landmark publication in the career of one of New Zealand's most significant writers, combining Poems 1960-2000 and four subsequent collections in one beautifully produced hardcover volume.

Author Biography

Born in Auckland in 1934, Fleur Adcock is a New Zealand poet, editor and translator who resides in Britain. She has published many collections of poems, most recently Glass Wings (2013), The Land Ballot (2014) and Hoard (2017). Her awards include the 1961 Festival of Wellington Poetry Award, the Jessie Mackay Prize in 1968 and 1972, the Buckland Award in 1968 and 1979, the New Zealand National Book Award in 1984, an OBE in 1986, the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2006, and a CNZM for services to literature in 2008.