Rhian Gallagher | |
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| Born | 1961 (age 63–64) Timaru, New Zealand |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Shift |
| Notable awards | New Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry (2011), Janet Frame Literary Trust Award (2008) |
Rhian Gallagher (born 1961) is a poet from New Zealand.
Gallagher was born in 1961 inTimaru, New Zealand. She currently lives inDunedin.[1]
Between 1995 and 2005, Gallagher worked in publishing inLondon before returning to New Zealand.[1][2] Her first poetry collection,Salt Water Creek, was published in 2003.[3] In 2012, she published her second collection,Shift.[4]
Poetry by Gallagher has been published in a number of literary journals and anthologies includingBest New Zealand Poems,[5]121 New Zealand Poems,[6]The Nature of Things: Poems from the New Zealand Landscape,[7] andThe Best of the Best New Zealand Poems.[8]
In 2010 the South Canterbury Museum published her non-fiction biography ofmountaineer Jack Adamson entitledFeeling for Daylight: The Photographs of Jack Adamson.[9]
Gallagher collaborated with artist Lynn Taylor and printer Sarah Smith to create the artist bookFreda Du Faur, Southern Alps 1909-1913, celebrating the life and achievements ofFreda Du Faur, the first woman to climbAoraki/Mount Cook.[10][11]
Salt Water Creek was shortlisted for the 2003Forward Prize for First Collection.[12]
TheCanterbury History Foundation awarded Gallagher the 2007 Canterbury Community Historian Award which supported the publication ofFeeling for Daylight: The Photographs of Jack Adamson.[13]
In 2008 she was awarded the Janet Frame Award for Poetry.[14] Her poem 'Embrace' placed third in thePoetry Society's National Poetry Competition.[15]
In the 2012New Zealand Post Book Awards,Shift won New Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry.[16] The collection was included in theNew Zealand Listener's Best Books of 2011.[17]
Gallagher held the 2018University of OtagoRobert Burns Fellowship.[10][9]
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