Lauris Edmond (1924–2000)
Author of Essential New Zealand poems
About the Author
Poet and novelist Lauris Edmond was born in 1924 in New Zealand. She is the author of more than ten collections of poetry, three volumes of her autobiography, a novel, and a play. She has also collaborated on the story for an opera and edited several books. She won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for show more Selected Poems (1995). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Lauris Edmond
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Associated Works
In Her Own Words: Women's Memoirs from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States (1999) — Contributor — 28 copies
In Deadly Earnest: A Collection of Fiction by New Zealand Women 1870sā1980s (1989) — Contributor — 7 copies
From a room of their own: A celebration of the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship (1993) — Contributor — 5 copies
The Colour of Distance: New Zealand Writers in France, French Writers in New Zealand (2006) — Contributor — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1924-04-02
- Date of death
- 2000-01-28
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Wellington Teachers' Training College
- Occupations
- poet
editor
writer-in-residence (Deakin University, Victoria University of Wellington)
novelist
autobiographer
scriptwriter - Organizations
- Deakin University
Victoria University of Wellington - Awards and honors
- Honorary Doctorate (DLitt, Massey University, 1988)
Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship at Menton (1981)
Commonwealth Poetry Prize (1985)
Order of the British Empire (Officer ā 1986)
A. W. Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature (1999) - Relationships
- Edmond, Martin (son)
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Birthplace
- Dannevirke, New Zealand
- Places of residence
- Wellington, New Zealand
Dunedin, New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand - Place of death
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Associated Place (for map)
- New Zealand
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- Works
- 25
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 150
- Popularity
- #138,699
- Rating
- 3.7
- ISBNs
- 29
