Gregory O'Brien
Gregory O’Brien (born 1961 in Matamata New Zealand), is a New Zealand poet, painter and editor.
Life
He trained as a journalist in Auckland and worked as a newspaper reporter in Northland. He graduated from the University of Auckland.[1]
His work has appeared in Islands, Landfall and Sport, Meanjin, Scripsi. He lives in Wellington where he is Senior Curator at the City Gallery Wellington.
Awards
Works
- Location of the Least Person (opening with the ‘Old Man South Road’ sequence), was published in Auckland in 1987
- Dunes and Barns (1988)
- Man with a Child’s Violin (1990)
- Great Lake (Sydney, 1991)
- Malachi, a charming verse novella (Adelaide, 1993)
- Days Beside Water, Auckland in 1993
- Winter I Was (Victoria University Press, 1999)
- Afternoon of an Evening Train (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2005)
Novel
Anthologies
- Vincent O'Sullivan, ed (1987). An Anthology of twentieth century New Zealand poetry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195581638.
Criticism
- After Bathing At Baxter's, Victoria University Press, 2002.
- News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore (Carcanet Press, Manchester, 2007)
Editor
- Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien, Mark Williams, ed (1997). An anthology of New Zealand poetry in English. Oxford University Press New Zealand. ISBN 9780195583380.
References
External links
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