Rosetta Allan

Rosetta Allan is a New Zealand writer. She has been a poet, publishing one collection of poems in 2007 and another in 2010.[1] In 2012, Allan began researching the history of European settlement in New Zealand[2] in order to further understand her own family tree. In doing so, she came across material regarding a man named John Finnigan, who was apparently murdered in 1865 along with his mother and two brothers. The incident was referred to as the Otahuhu Murders, and formed the focal point for her novel, Purgatory,[3] which was published in New Zealand in 2014.[4][5]

Publications
  • Little Rock, 2007.[6]
  • Over Lunch, 2010.[6]
  • Purgatory, 2014.[7]

Awards

Academic work

In April 2016, she was appointed Writer-in-Residence at St Petersburg University in Russia.[10]

In 2018, Allan was appointed Writer-in-Residence at the Michael King Writer's Centre.

References
  1. "Rosetta Allan - Griffith Review". Griffith Review. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "NZ Booklovers". NZ Booklovers. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. McCrystal, John (20 June 2014). "Book review: Purgatory". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. "Purgatory by Rosetta Allan". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. "Sign IN - Open University". doi:10.1177/0021989415609499#articlecitationdownloadcontainer (inactive 23 March 2020). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "Rosetta Allan". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  7. "Purgatory". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  8. "Kathleen Grattan Award". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  9. "Metonymy". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. "Rosetta Allan – Academy of New Zealand Literature". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 25 April 2018.



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