Paula Green | |
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Born | 1955 (age 67–68) Auckland, New Zealand |
Language | English |
Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Genre | Poetry |
Notable awards | Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement Children's Choice Non-Fiction Award (2015) |
Spouse | Michael Hight |
Website | |
nzpoetryshelf |
Paula Joy Green MNZM (born 1955) is a New Zealand poet and children's author.
Background
Green was born in 1955, in Auckland. She attended the Kamo High School.[1][2]
In 2005 Green received her PhD in Italian, supervised by Bernadette Luciano, and was Literary Fellow at the University of Auckland.[3][1][4]
Green is married to the painter Michael Hight and currently lives in Auckland.[5]
Career
Green has published several collections of her own poetry including:
- Cookhouse (1997, Auckland University Press)
- Chrome (2000, Auckland University Press)
- Crosswind (2004, Auckland University Press)
- Making Lists for Francis Hodgkins (2007, Auckland University Press)
- Slip Stream (2010, Auckland University Press)
- The Baker's Thumbprint (2013, Seraph Press)
- New York Pocket Book (2017, Seraph Press)
- "The Track" (2019, Seraph Press)
Her books for children include:
- Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo (2006, Auckland University Press), as editor, written in collaboration with fifty children, illustrated by Michael Hight
- The Terrible Night (2008, Random House), illustrated by Chris Grosz
- Macaroni Moon (2008, Random House), illustrated by Sarah Laing
- Aunt Concertina and Her Niece Evalina (2009, Random House), illustrated by Michael Hight
- The Letterbox Cat and Other Poems (2014, Scholastic), illustrated by Myles Lawford
- Treasury of NZ Poems for Children (2014, Random House), as editor, illustrated by Jenny Cooper
- 'Groovy Fish and other poems (2019, The Cuba Press)
Poems by Green have been published in the Best New Zealand Poems series, including the 2002,[6] 2004,[7] and 2006 editions.[8] She was guest editor for the publication in 2007.[9] Green has also been selected as a featured poet in the journal, Poetry New Zealand,[1] and appeared in the British literary journal Fire.[2]
In 2010, with Harry Ricketts, she co-authored 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry.[10] She has also edited an anthology of love poems entitled Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems.[11]
In 2019 Green published Wild Honey: Reading NZ Women's Poetry (Massey University Press) which was shortlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards in 2020.
Green has been a judge for several literary awards including the New Zealand Post Book Awards, 2008 New Zealand Post Secondary School Poetry Competition, and 2014 Sarah Broom Poetry Prize.[1][3]
Green maintains two blogs with a focus on poetry, one targeting adults, NZ Poetry Shelf, and the other aimed at children, NZ Poetry Box.[1]
Awards
Green won the poetry prize in the 2017 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement.[3]
In the 2017 New Year Honours, Green was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services as a poet and to literature.[12]
Book awards
99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry was a finalist in the General Non-Fiction category of the 2011 New Zealand Post Book Awards.[13]
The Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand has recognised several of her children's books, three receiving the Notable Non-Fiction Book title (Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo in 2007,[14] Treasury of NZ Poems for Children in 2015, and The Letterbox Cat & Other Poems, also in 2015[15]) and Aunt Concertina and her Niece Evalina in 2010 as a Notable Picture Book.[16]
The Letterbox Cat and Other Poems was shortlisted for the 2015 LIANZA Children's Book Awards[17] and won the Children's Choice Non-Fiction Award at the 2015 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[18]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "New Zealand Book Council". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- 1 2 "Paula Green". New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- 1 2 3 "2017 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement: winners announced". Creative NZ. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ Green, Paula (2004). Writing home to her mother and father: Fabrizia Ramondino’s Althénopis and Clara Sereni’s Casalinghitudine (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/2290.
- ↑ "Paula Green". Penguin Books New Zealand. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "Best New Zealand Poems 2002". Victoria University. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "Best New Zealand Poems 2004". Victoria University. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "Contents of Best New Zealand Poems 2006". NZETC. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "Best New Zealand Poems 2007". NZETC. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ Green, Paula (2010). 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry. Vintage. ISBN 1869791789.
- ↑ Green, Paula (2012). Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems. Godwit. ISBN 9781869797621.
- ↑ "New Year Honours List 2017". DPMC. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "New Zealand Post Book Awards". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "Notable New Zealand Children's and Young Adult Books of 2007" (PDF). Storylines. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "Notable Books List 2015". Storylines. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "Notable Books List 2010" (PDF). Storylines. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "The LIANZA Children's Book Awards 2015 Finalists". LIANZA. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "Past Winners 2015". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
External links
- NZ Poetry Shelf, Green's poetry blog for adults
- Poetry Box, Green's poetry blog for children