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For the American curler and coach, see Diane Brown (curling).

Diane Edith Brown MNZM (born 1951) is a novelist and poet from New Zealand.

Background

Brown was born in 1951. She is based in Dunedin.[1]

Career

Brown has published several novels and poetry collections including:

  • Before The Divorce We Go To Disneyland (1997, Tandem Press), poetry
  • Learning to Lie Together (2004, Godwit), poetry
  • If The Tongue Fits (1999, Tandem Press), novel
  • Eight Stages of Grace (2002, Random House), novel

She is also the author of the memoirs Liars and Lovers (2004),[2] Here Comes Another Vital Moment (2006),[3] and Taking My Mother To The Opera (2015).[4]

Poetry by Brown has appeared in literary journals including Landfall, Poetry New Zealand, and New Zealand Listener.[1]

Brown currently runs the creative writing school, Creative Writing Dunedin.[5]

Awards

In the 2013 New Year Honours, Brown was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, in recognition of services as a writer and educator.[6]

Before The Divorce We Go To Disneyland won the 1997 NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[7] Eight Stages of Grace was a finalist in the 2003 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[8]

Brown was the inaugural fellow at the Michael King Writer's Studio.[1] In 1997 she was awarded the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship with Shonagh Koea.[9] She was also awarded the 2013 Beatson Fellowship from Creative New Zealand[10] and in 2012 won the NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Diane Brown". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ^ Brown, Diane (2004). Liars and Lovers: A Travel Memoir. Vintage. ISBN 9781869416140.
  3. ^ Brown, Diane (2006). Here Comes Another Vital Moment. Godwit. ISBN 1869621190.
  4. ^ Brown, Diane (2015). Taking My Mother To The Opera. Otago University Press. ISBN 9781927322154.
  5. ^ "Creative Writing Dunedin". Creative Writing Dunedin. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ^ "New Year honours list 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Diane Brown". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship". Grimshaw Sargeson. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Diane Brown awarded 2014 Beatson Fellowship". Creative New Zealand. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  11. ^ McKinlay, Tom (20 December 2012). "Janet Frame award winner to work on new poetry". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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