Leggott began publishing her poetry around 1980. She published Sound Pitch Considered Forms with two Canadian poets in 1984. In 1985 she returned to New Zealand and took up a lectureship at the University of Auckland. She produced her first book of poems, Like This?, in 1988, winning the International PEN First Book of Poetry award.
In her collection of poetry, "As Far as I Can See" (Auckland University Press, 1999), Leggott wrote about her deep sorrow at losing her sight - she began going blind in 1985. Leggott was awarded a Blind Achievers Award by the Foundation for the Blind in 1999 for her work on "The Book of Nadath".[2]
michele, leggott, michele, leggott, mnzm, born, 1956, zealand, poet, emeritus, professor, english, university, auckland, zealand, poet, laureate, between, 2007, 2009, contents, biography, personal, life, honours, awards, works, poetry, editor, references, exte. Michele Joy Leggott MNZM born 1956 is a New Zealand poet and an emeritus professor of English at the University of Auckland She was the New Zealand Poet Laureate between 2007 and 2009 Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Honours and awards 4 Works 4 1 Poetry 4 2 Editor 5 References 6 External linksBiography EditLeggott was born in Stratford New Zealand and received her secondary education at New Plymouth Girls High School before attending the University of Canterbury where she completed an MA in English in 1979 She then moved to Canada to do a PhD at the University of British Columbia 1 Her dissertation was on the American poet Louis Zukofsky and was published as Reading Zukofsky s 80 Flowers 1989 Leggott began publishing her poetry around 1980 She published Sound Pitch Considered Forms with two Canadian poets in 1984 In 1985 she returned to New Zealand and took up a lectureship at the University of Auckland She produced her first book of poems Like This in 1988 winning the International PEN First Book of Poetry award In her collection of poetry As Far as I Can See Auckland University Press 1999 Leggott wrote about her deep sorrow at losing her sight she began going blind in 1985 Leggott was awarded a Blind Achievers Award by the Foundation for the Blind in 1999 for her work on The Book of Nadath 2 In 1991 she published Swimmers Dancers with a domestic focus and in 1995 she won the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry with DIA On 4 December 2007 she was named New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2008 2009 Her work has appeared in the Best New Zealand Poems series in 2002 and 2005 In the 2009 New Year Honours Leggott was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to poetry 3 Personal life EditMichele is married to Mark Fryer and they have 2 adult sons 4 Honours and awards EditThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items October 2013 2008 09 New Zealand Poet Laureate 2013 Prime Minister s Awards for Literary Achievement 5 Works EditPoetry Edit 1988 Like This Poems Christchurch Caxton Press 1991 Swimmers Dancers Auckland Auckland University Press 1994 DIA Auckland Auckland University Press 1999 As far as I can see Auckland Auckland University Press 2005 Milk amp Honey Auckland Auckland University Press 2006 Journey to Portugal Images by Gretchen Albrecht Auckland Holloway Press 2009 Mirabile Dictu Auckland Auckland University Press 2014 Heartland Auckland Auckland University Press 2017 Vanishing Points Auckland Auckland University Press 2020 March Mezzaluna Auckland Auckland University Press first published by Wesleyan University Press USEditor Edit 1989 Reading Zukofsky s 80 Flowers Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 1995 The Victory Hymn 1935 1995 by Robin Hyde with an essay by Michele Leggott Auckland Holloway Press 1995 Opening the Book New Essays on New Zealand Writing Edited by Mark Williams and Michele Leggott Auckland Auckland University Press 1999 The book of Nadath by Robin Hyde introduction and notes by Michele Leggott Auckland Auckland University Press 2000 Big Smoke New Zealand Poems 1960 1975 edited by Alan Brunton Murray Edmond Michele Leggott Auckland Auckland University Press 2003 Young Knowledge the poems of Robin Hyde edited and introduced by Michele Leggott Auckland Auckland University PressReferences Edit Leggott Michele J 1985 Reading Zukofsky s 80 Flowers Thesis University of British Columbia Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature read nz org Retrieved 23 February 2020 New Year honours list 2009 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 31 December 2008 Retrieved 24 April 2020 Herkt David 18 April 2020 Michele Leggott travelling light lifting darkness The New Zealand Herald Retrieved 29 November 2022 Previous winners Creative New Zealand Retrieved 24 October 2013 External links EditNew Zealand Book Council Profile New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre Online works and articlesCultural officesPreceded byJenny Bornholdt New Zealand Poet Laureate2007 2009 Succeeded byCilla McQueen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michele Leggott amp oldid 1145646689, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
