Sarah Quigley | |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English, German |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Genre | Fiction, non-fiction, poetry |
| Notable works | The Conductor |
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Sarah Quigley is a New Zealand writer.
Sarah Quigley was born inChristchurch, New Zealand, on the 1 October 1967. She has an MA Hons from theUniversity of Canterbury, on the poetry ofCharles Brasch, and a DPhil in English Literature from theUniversity of Oxford.[1][2][3] After winning the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers Residency in 2000, she divided her time between Germany and New Zealand.[4] She met her Swedish-born husband in Berlin.[5]
A graduate ofBill Manhire’s creative writing course, Quigley won the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship in 1998. Her short stories and poetry have been widely broadcast and published, and she has won many prizes including theSunday Star-Times Short Story Award and the Commonwealth Pacific Rim Short Story Award. Her publications include novels, short fiction, a creative writing manual and poetry collections, many of which have sold internationally. Her novelThe Conductor (2011) was the highest-selling adult fiction title in New Zealand in 2011, staying at number one for 20 weeks.[2]
In 2001, Quigley won the Commonwealth Short Story Award and received first place in theSunday Star-Times Short Story Competition forBreathing Out.[6][2]
In 2002, she received the CLNZ Writers' Award to write a biography of the poet and patron of writers,Charles Brasch.[6] She was shortlisted in the Reviewer of the Year category of the 1999 and 2000Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[6]
The Conductor was awarded the Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers Choice Award in 2012.[7] It was longlisted for the 2012 International IMPAC Award and was shortlisted for thePrix Femina in France.[1]
In 2015, she won the MPA Columnist of the Year for her Next magazine columnThe Divorce Diaries, and was runner-up for the award in 2016 and 2019.[citation needed]
Quigley received the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship in 1998.[6] In 2003 she was awarded theRobert Burns Fellowship (alongsideNick Ascroft), a literary residency at theUniversity of Otago inDunedin, New Zealand.[8] Quigley won the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers Residency in 2000.[1]
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