Iain Sharp

For the British film and television director, see Ian Sharp.

Iain Sharp, born in 1953, is a New Zealand poet and critic.

Biography

Born in Glasgow in 1953, Sharp emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1961, where they settled in Auckland. He studied at Victoria University of Wellington and received a doctorate in English at the University of Auckland in 1982. ^[1] He currently works part-time in the Special Collections Department of Auckland Central City Library, and is also a columnist, reviewer and critic, editing the books section of Metro_(magazine). ^[2]

Works

Why Mammals Shiver, Auckland: One Eyed Press, 1981
She Is Trying to Kidnap the Blind Person, Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985
The Pierrot Variations, Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985
Two Poets: Selections from the Work of Suzanne Chapman and Iain Sharp, edited by Suzanne Chapman, Auckland: Auckland English Association, 1985
The Singing Harp, Paekakariki: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2004
Real Gold: treasures of Auckland City Libraries, text by Iain Sharp; photographs by Haruhiko Sameshima, Auckland University Press, 2007
Our Favourite Poems: New Zealanders choose their best-loved poems, introduction by Iain Sharp, Craig Potton Publishing, 2007
Heaphy: Explorer, Artist, Settler, Auckland University Press, 2008

References

^ Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English, Oxford University Press, 1997
^ The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (1998). http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/sharpi.html

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