Jenny Bornholdt
Jenny Bornholdt MNZM | |
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![]() Bornholdt at 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair | |
5th New Zealand Poet Laureate | |
In office 2005–2007 | |
Preceded by | Brian Turner |
Succeeded by | Michele Leggott |
Personal details | |
Born | Jennifer Mary Bornholdt 1 November 1960 Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
Spouse | Gregory O'Brien |
Jennifer Mary Bornholdt
Early life
Born in Lower Hutt, Bornholdt received a bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Diploma in Journalism. She studied poetry with Bill Manhire at Victoria University of Wellington in 1984.[1][2]
Career
She is co-editor of My Heart Goes Swimming: New Zealand Love Poems and the Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English, which won the
In the 2014 New Year Honours, Bornholdt was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a poet.[6]
In 2023 Te Herenga Waka University Press published A Garden is a Long Time by Bornholdt and Annemarie Hope-Cross.[7][8][9]
Personal life
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She lives in Wellington, and is married to poet Gregory O'Brien.[10]
Books
Poetry
Bornholdt's poetry has been published in a number of volumes:
- 1988: This Big Face
- 1989: Moving House
- 1991: Waiting Shelter
- 1995: How We Met
- 1997: Miss New Zealand: Selected Poems
- 2000: These Days
- 2003: Summer
Children's books
- 2013: A Book is A Book
- 2017: The Longest Breakfast
Editor
- Co-editor, with ISBN 978-0-908877-81-2
- Co-editor Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English
References
- ^ "Jenny Bornholdt". Annual Annual | NZ. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Collection: Bornholdt, Jenny - Literary papers of Jenny Bornholdt | Victoria University of Wellington". archives.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Jenny Bornholdt - Writer's Files • Read NZ Te Pou Muramura". www.read-nz.org. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Jenny Bornholdt". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Jenny Bornholdt | Arts Foundation Laureate". Arts Foundation. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Poet Jenny Bornholdt: A Garden is a Long Time". RNZ. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Photography on the slow burn, capturing a different image of our past". www.thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Green, Paula (27 September 2023). "Poetry Shelf review: A Garden is a Long Time by Annemarie Hope-Cross and Jenny Bornholdt". NZ Poetry Shelf. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Jenny Bornholdt and Gregory O'Brien receive honours". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 15 February 2024.