Marilyn Duckworth

Marilyn Duckworth OBE (born 10 November 1935 in New Zealand) is a novelist, poet and short story writer. She has published sixteen novels, one novella, a collection of short stories and a collection of poetry. She has also written for television and radio.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Bibliography 3 Awards and nominations 4 Fellowships and grants 5 Plays broadcast on radio 6 Television Scripts 7 References 8 External links

Early life

Duckworth was born in Auckland, but spent the years between 1939 and 1947 in England. Her sister is the poet Fleur Adcock. Duckworth’s first novel A Gap in the Spectrum was published when she was twenty-three.

Bibliography

• A Gap in the Spectrum (1959)
• The Matchbox House (1960)
• A Barbarous Tongue (1963)
• Over the Fence Is Out (1969).
• Other Lovers' Children: Poems 1958–74 (1975)
• Disorderly Conduct (1984)
• Married Alive (1985)
• Rest for the Wicked (1986)
• Pulling Faces (1987)
• A Message from Harpo (1989)
• Explosions in the Sun (1989), a volume of short stories
• Unlawful Entry (1992)
• Seeing Red (1993)
• Fooling (1994), a novella
• Leather Wings (1995)
• Cherries on a Plate: New Zealand Writers Talk About Their Sisters (1996 ) (editor)
• Studmuffin (1997)
• Camping on the Faultline (2000), a memoir
• Swallowing Diamonds (2003)
• Playing Friends (2007)

Awards and nominations

• New Zealand Literary Fund Award for Achievement for A Barbarous Tongue (1963)
• New Zealand Book Award:Fiction for Disorderly Conduct (1985)
• Wattie Book of the Year Award (shortlisted) for Disorderly Conduct (1985)
• OBE for services to literature (1987)
• Commonwealth Writers' Prize (shortlisted) for Leather Wings (1996)

Fellowships and grants

• Literary Fund Scholarship in Letters (1961 and 1972)
• Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, Menton, France (1980)
• Fulbright Visiting Writer's Fellowship, USA (1987)
• Australia New Zealand Writers' Exchange Fellowship (1989)
• Victoria University of Wellington Writer's Fellowship (1990)
• Arts Council NZ Scholarship In Letters (1993)
• Hawthornden Writing fellowship, Scotland (1994)
• Sargeson Writing Fellowship, Auckland (1995)
• Auckland University Literary Fellowship (1996)
• Ucross Foundation Residency, Wyoming USA (1997)
• Millay Arts Centre Residency, New York State USA (2001)

Plays broadcast on radio

• Feet First (Radio New Zealand) (1981)
• Home to Mother (Radio New Zealand) (1976)
• A Gap in the Spectrum (Radio New Zealand) (1972)
• A Barbarous Tongue (Radio New Zealand) (adaptaion of own work for Radio New Zealand) (1973)

Television Scripts

Close to Home scripts (5 for channel one Television New Zealand) (1975–1976)

References

• The New Zealand Book Council
• The New Zealand Literature File

External links

• List of New Zealand literary figures

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