Her first collection, It Has No Sound and Is Blue, was published in 1987, and won her the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for Best First Time Published Poet that year. It was largely written while she was living in New York City, where she worked as a social worker while studying for a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Brooklyn College with John Ashbery.[1][2][3] The key poem, "Writing Home", is modelled on the "Jerusalem Sonnets" of James K. Baxter but from a feminist perspective.[2]Harry Ricketts, writing for the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, considers that she is also influenced by Wallace Stevens and Adrienne Rich.[2] Her next collection, Small Stories of Devotion (1991, published in the United Kingdom in 1995) and established Hawken's reputation as one of several successful women poets who emerged in the 1980s.[1][4]
In 2007 she received the Lauris Edmond Award for Distinguished Contribution to Poetry.[3] In 2008 she wrote seven poems to accompany a performance by the New Zealand String Quartet of The Seven Last Words of Christ by Joseph Haydn.[1] Many of her works feature themes of nature, spirituality and the experiences of women, and her poetry is often written in a prose-like form.[1][2][3][4]
Selected worksedit
It Has No Sound and Is Blue (1987)
Small Stories of Devotion (1991, United Kingdom edition published in 1995)
Water, Leaves, Stones (1995)
The Little Book of Bitching (1998)
Where We Say We Are (2000)
Oh There You Are Tui! (2001)
One Shapely Thing: Poems and journals (2006)
The Leaf-Ride (2011)
There Is No Harbour (2019)
Sea-Light (2021)
Referencesedit
^ abcde"Hawken, Dinah". Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ abcdeRicketts, Harry (2006). "Hawken, Dinah". In Robinson, Roger; Wattie, Nelson (eds.). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195583489.001.0001. ISBN978-0-1917-3519-6. OCLC 865265749. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ abcdNoel-Todd, Jeremy (2013). "Hawken, Dinah". In Noel-Todd, Jeremy; Hamilton, Ian (eds.). The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN9780191744525. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ ab"Poet Hawken has a way with words". Wairarapa Times-Age. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
Author page at the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre
January 01, 1970
dinah, hawken, born, 1943, zealand, poet, creative, writing, teacher, physiotherapist, counsellor, social, worker, born1943, hāwera, zealandoccupationpoetcreative, writing, teacherphysiotherapistcounsellorsocial, worker, contents, life, career, selected, works. Dinah Hawken born 1943 is a New Zealand poet creative writing teacher physiotherapist counsellor and social worker Dinah HawkenBorn1943 age 80 81 Hawera New ZealandOccupationPoetcreative writing teacherphysiotherapistcounsellorsocial worker Contents 1 Life and career 2 Selected works 3 References 4 External linksLife and career editHawken was born in Hawera in 1943 and is a trained physiotherapist psychotherapist and social worker She worked at Victoria University of Wellington as a student counsellor for two decades 1 2 and has taught creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters 3 Her first collection It Has No Sound and Is Blue was published in 1987 and won her the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for Best First Time Published Poet that year It was largely written while she was living in New York City where she worked as a social worker while studying for a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Brooklyn College with John Ashbery 1 2 3 The key poem Writing Home is modelled on the Jerusalem Sonnets of James K Baxter but from a feminist perspective 2 Harry Ricketts writing for the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature considers that she is also influenced by Wallace Stevens and Adrienne Rich 2 Her next collection Small Stories of Devotion 1991 published in the United Kingdom in 1995 and established Hawken s reputation as one of several successful women poets who emerged in the 1980s 1 4 In 2007 she received the Lauris Edmond Award for Distinguished Contribution to Poetry 3 In 2008 she wrote seven poems to accompany a performance by the New Zealand String Quartet of The Seven Last Words of Christ by Joseph Haydn 1 Many of her works feature themes of nature spirituality and the experiences of women and her poetry is often written in a prose like form 1 2 3 4 Selected works editIt Has No Sound and Is Blue 1987 Small Stories of Devotion 1991 United Kingdom edition published in 1995 Water Leaves Stones 1995 The Little Book of Bitching 1998 Where We Say We Are 2000 Oh There You Are Tui 2001 One Shapely Thing Poems and journals 2006 The Leaf Ride 2011 There Is No Harbour 2019 Sea Light 2021 References edit a b c d e Hawken Dinah Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Retrieved 27 August 2022 a b c d e Ricketts Harry 2006 Hawken Dinah In Robinson Roger Wattie Nelson eds The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 acref 9780195583489 001 0001 ISBN 978 0 1917 3519 6 OCLC 865265749 Retrieved 27 August 2022 a b c d Noel Todd Jeremy 2013 Hawken Dinah In Noel Todd Jeremy Hamilton Ian eds The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry 2nd ed Oxford University Press ISBN 9780191744525 Retrieved 27 August 2022 a b Poet Hawken has a way with words Wairarapa Times Age 28 September 2015 Retrieved 27 August 2022 External links editProfile on Read NZ Te Pou Muramura website Author page at the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dinah Hawken amp oldid 1177313936, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
