Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945) is a poet and biographer from New Zealand.
Stephanie de Montalk | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) New Zealand |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Alma mater | Wellington Hospital, Victoria University of Wellington |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry; Nigel Cox Award |
| Website | |
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Background
editBorn in 1945, in New Zealand, de Montalk grew up in the Far North and Wellington.[1] She trained at Wellington Hospital School of Nursing and received and MA and PhD in Creative Writing from Victoria University of Wellington. She has worked as a nurse, documentary filmmaker, and from 1996–2002 member of the New Zealand Film and Literature Board of Review.[2][3][4]
Works
editPublished works by de Montalk include:
- Five Poems (1989, chapbook), poetry
- Animals Indoors (2000, Victoria University Press), poetry
- The Scientific Evidence of Dr Wang (2002, Victoria University Press), poetry
- Cover Stories (2005, Victoria University Press), poetry
- The Fountain of Tears (2006, Victoria University Press), historical novel
- Vivid Familiar (2009, Victoria University Press), poetry
de Montalk has also published in various literary journals including Landfall, Southerly, London Magazine, and New Zealand Listener.[4] Her poems have also been published in the 2005 the Best New Zealand Poems series.[5]
In 2001, she published a biography of her second-cousin Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk entitled, Unquiet World: The Life of Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk.[6][4]
Following an accident in 2003, de Montalk's writing has often explored concepts of isolation and exile.[2] In her 2014 creative nonfiction work, How Does It Hurt? she explores ideas around chronic pain, both her own and the experiences of other writers.[7][8]
In 2007, an engraving of her poem, Violinist at the Edge of an Ice Field was erected at the Franz Josef Glacier visitor centre.[4]
Awards
editIn 1997, while studying at the Victoria University of Wellington de Montalk was a joint winner of the Original Composition prize.[4][2] Also in 1997, her short story 'The Waiting' was a joint winner of the Novice Writers' Award in the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Short Story Awards.[4][3]
In 2001 her collection Animals Indoors won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[9]
In 2006 she was the Victoria University of Wellington Writer in Residence.[10]
How Does It Hurt? won the Nigel Cox Award from Unity Books in 2015.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Profile". Stephanie de Montalk. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Stephanie de Montalk". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Stephanie de Montalk". New Zealand Society of Authors & Writers Association. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Stephanie de Montalk". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Best New Zealand Poems 2005". victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ de Montalk, Stephanie (2001). Unquiet World: The Life of Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk. Victoria University Press. ISBN 9780864734143.
- ^ Chapman, Wallace (9 November 2014). "Stephanie de Montalk - Hurts Like Hell". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ de montalk, Stephanie (2014). How Does It Hurt?. Victoria University Press. ISBN 9780864739698.
- ^ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Writer in Residence". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Stephanie de Montalk Receives Nigel Cox Award". Unity Books. Retrieved 22 November 2017.