Airini Beautrais
Airini Beautrais (born 1982) is a poet from New Zealand.
Dr Airini Beautrais | |
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Born | 1982 (age 37–38) |
Language | English |
Residence | Whanganui, New Zealand |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Notable works | Secret Heart |
Notable awards | NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry |
Background
Beautrais was born in 1982 grew up in Auckland and Whanganui.[1] She studied creative writing and ecological science at the Victoria University of Wellington.[2] In 2016 she received her PhD in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters.[3][4]
Beautrais currently lives in Whanganui.[2]
Works
Beautrais's writing draws on her personal experiences, and is often set in her hometown of Whanganui.[5]
Beautrais has published four collections of poetry with Victoria University Press: Secret Heart (2006); Western Line (2011); Dear Neil Roberts (VUP, 2014); and Flow: Whanganui River Poems (2017).[2]
She has been published in the Best New Zealand Poems series (2016)[6] and literary journals, including Overland, [7] and Penduline.[8]
Awards
Beautrais's first collection of poetry, Secret Heart, was awarded the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry at the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[9]
Dear Neil Roberts was longlisted in the poetry category of the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Award.[10]
In 2016 she was shortlisted for the Sarah Broom Poetry Prize.[11]
Beautrais won the 2016 Landfall Essay Competition.[3]
References
- Beautrais, Airini (2015). Dear Neil Roberts. Victoria University Press. ISBN 9781776560141.
- "Airini Beautrais". Victoria University Press. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "Airini Beautrais wins Landfall Essay Competition 2016". University of Otago. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "BNZP 2016 Airini Beautrais". Best New Zealand Poems. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "Interview with Airini Beautrais". Victoria University Press. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "Best New Zealand Poems 2016". Best New Zealand Poems. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "Flow". Overland literary journal. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "A pair of hands". Penduline Press. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "Previous Longlist 2016". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "Sarah Broom Poetry Award Finalists". NZ Poetry Shelf. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.