Hera Lindsay Bird

Hera Lindsay Bird (born 31 December[1] 1987) is a New Zealand poet.

Hera Lindsay Bird
Hera Lindsay Bird at WORD Christchurch 2018
Hera Lindsay Bird at WORD Christchurch 2018
Born31 December 1987
Thames, New Zealand
OccupationPoet
NationalityNew Zealand
Period2010s-present

Life and career

Hera Lindsay Bird was born and raised in Thames in the North Island of New Zealand. She attended Victoria University of Wellington and then received her Master's degree in poetry from its International Institute of Modern Letters.[2] Her first collection of poetry, the self-titled Hera Lindsay Bird, was published by Victoria University Press in 2016 and Penguin UK in 2017[3] and won the Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.[4][5]

Bird first gained popularity when her poem "Keats Is Dead So Fuck Me From Behind" went viral in the summer of 2016.[6] She and her work have since been profiled in VICE, I-D, and The Guardian.[7][8][9]

In 2018 Bird's work was selected by British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy to be published by Smith/Doorstop Books as part of their Laureate's Choice series. The published collection was called Pamper Me to Hell & Back.[10]

In 2022 a Tweet posted by Bird in 2017 was ranked first on a list of the top New Zealand tweets of all time by The Spinoff.[11] In 2023 Bird started writing a well received agony aunt column for The Spinoff, called 'Help Me Hera'.[12]

Works

Poetry
  • Hera Lindsay Bird (Victoria University Press, 2016) ISBN 9781776560714
  • Pamper Me to Hell & Back: Laureate's Choice 2018 (Smith/Doorstop Books, 2018) ISBN 9781910367841

References
  1. Bird, Hera Lindsay (24 September 2021). "Over The Moon: What Hera Lindsay Bird Does In The Dark". NZ Herald. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. Monk, Felicity (29 July 2016). "The fearless poetry of Hera Lindsay Bird". Stuff Sunday Magazine. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. "Call Me". Hera Lindsay Bird. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. The Listener (16 May 2017). "Winners announced for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2017". Noted. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  5. "Victoria University Press dominates literary awards". Victoria University of Wellington. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  6. Cosslett, Rhiannon Lucy (28 July 2016). "Poetic justice: the rise of brilliant women writing in dark times". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  7. Ewens, Hannah (22 August 2016). "An Interview with Viral Poet Hera Lindsay Bird". Vice. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  8. Syfret, Wendy (24 August 2016). "90s sitcoms, rough sex, and lorde as a fan: meet new zealand poet hera lindsay bird". i-D. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  9. Roy, Eleanor Ainge (5 September 2016). "Hera Lindsay Bird: I prefer poetry that allows room for ugliness and error". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  10. Grills, Eloise (16 March 2018). "'Public Displays of Affection: A Review of Hera Lindsay Bird's "Pamper Me To Hell & Back"', by Eloise Grills". The Lifted Brow. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  11. Chapman, Madeleine (4 November 2022). "The top 10 New Zealand tweets of all time". The Spinoff. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  12. Bird, Hera Lindsay (1 June 2023). "Hera Lindsay Bird". The Spinoff. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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