Sonja Yelich (Croatian: Jelić) was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1965, into an immigrant family from the region of Dalmatia.[1] She studied literature at the University of Auckland and became a trained teacher.[1]
Career
Yelich's early poetry was included in AUP Poets 2 (2002). Her first collection of poems, Clung (Auckland University Press, 2004), won the 2005 Jessie Mackay Award for 'Best First Book of Poetry' at the New Zealand Book Awards.[2] Her poems were chosen for the Best New Zealand Poems series in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2008. She was also included in New New Zealand Poets in Performance (AUP, July 2008), a book that was released with an accompanying CD.[1]
Yelich's second collection of poetry, Get Some (AUP, 2008) was a finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards.[3]Get Some focuses on an American marine named "Edgar" who is serving in Iraq.[1]
In 2010 Yelich received a Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship (with Sarah Laing) that allowed her to write full-time in residence at the Sargeson Centre.[4] The Centre is adjacent to the University of Auckland and recipients receive an annual stipend of NZ$40,000.
Personal life
Yelich lives in Auckland with her husband Vic O'Connor. They have four children: daughters Jerry (born 1994), Ella (born 1996, better known as Lorde), India "Indy" (born 1998), and son Angelo (born 2001).[5][6][7] In June 2014, the couple became engaged,[8] and they married on 6 May 2017.[9]
^"Sonja Yelich (Person)". NZ Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
^. Metro. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
^"Lorde's parents get engaged at Niagara Falls". The New Zealand Herald. 17 June 2014.
^"Lorde's parents get married in Auckland". Stuff.co.nz. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
External links
New Zealand Book Council profile
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre profile
New Zealand Post Book Awards
March 02, 2023
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