Diane Brown

Diane Edith Brown MNZM (born 1951) is a novelist and poet from New Zealand.

For the American curler and coach, see Diane Brown (curling).
Diane Brown

MNZM
Brown in 2013
Brown in 2013
Born1951 (age 71–72)
NationalityNew Zealander
Notable awardsMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Website
Official homepage

Background

Brown was born in 1951. She is based in Dunedin.[1]

Career

Brown has published several novels and poetry collections including:

  • Before The Divorce We Go To Disneyland (1997, Tandem Press), poetry
  • Learning to Lie Together (2004, Godwit), poetry
  • If The Tongue Fits (1999, Tandem Press), novel
  • Eight Stages of Grace (2002, Random House), novel

She is also the author of the memoirs Liars and Lovers (2004),[2] Here Comes Another Vital Moment (2006),[3] and Taking My Mother To The Opera (2015).[4]

Poetry by Brown has appeared in literary journals including Landfall, Poetry New Zealand, and New Zealand Listener.[1]

Brown currently runs the creative writing school, Creative Writing Dunedin.[5]

Awards

In the 2013 New Year Honours, Brown was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, in recognition of services as a writer and educator.[6]

Before The Divorce We Go To Disneyland won the 1997 NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[7] Eight Stages of Grace was a finalist in the 2003 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[8]

Brown was the inaugural fellow at the Michael King Writer's Studio.[1] In 1997 she was awarded the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship with Shonagh Koea.[9] She was also awarded the 2013 Beatson Fellowship from Creative New Zealand[10] and in 2012 won the NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award.[11]

References
  1. "Diane Brown". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. Brown, Diane (2004). Liars and Lovers: A Travel Memoir. Vintage. ISBN 9781869416140.
  3. Brown, Diane (2006). Here Comes Another Vital Moment. Godwit. ISBN 1869621190.
  4. Brown, Diane (2015). Taking My Mother To The Opera. Otago University Press. ISBN 9781927322154.
  5. "Creative Writing Dunedin". Creative Writing Dunedin. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. "New Year honours list 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  8. "Diane Brown". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  9. "Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship". Grimshaw Sargeson. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  10. "Diane Brown awarded 2014 Beatson Fellowship". Creative New Zealand. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  11. McKinlay, Tom (20 December 2012). "Janet Frame award winner to work on new poetry". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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