Kate Camp
Kate Camp | |
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Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Wellington, New Zealand |
Language | English |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Genre | Poetry |
Notable works | Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars |
Notable awards | NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry |
Kate Camp (born 1972) is a New Zealand poet and author who currently resides in Wellington.[1]
Early life and education
Camp was born in 1972 in Wellington, New Zealand. She has a BA in English from the Victoria University of Wellington.[2]
Career
Poems by Camp have appeared in the
Camp hosted a monthly radio segment, 'Kate's Klassics' on
Awards
At the 1999
In 2011, The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls won the award for poetry at the
In 2006 and 2004 she was shortlisted for the Glenn Schaeffer Prize in Modern Letters.[15]
Residencies and fellowships
Camp was a Writer in Residence at
In 2011 she received the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers’ Residency[16] and in 2016 she received the prestigious Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship.[17]
Selected works
Camp has published several collections of poems including:
- Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars (1998, Victoria University Press)
- Realia (2001, Victoria University Press)
- Beauty Sleep (2005, Victoria University Press)
- The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls (2010, Victoria University Press)
- Snow White’s Coffin (2013, Victoria University Press)
- The Internet of Things (2017, Victoria University Press)
In 2002 she published the collection of essays On Kissing.[18]
In 2022 she published the memoir You Probably Think This Song Is About You.[19] Newsroom made it their book of the week.[20]
References
- ^ "Kate Camp". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Kate Camp". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Best New Zealand Poems 2001". victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Best New Zealand Poems 2002". victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Best New Zealand Poems 2003". victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Contents of Best New Zealand Poems 2010". victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Contents of Best New Zealand Poems 2012". victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Contents of Best New Zealand Poems 2013". victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Kate Camp". The Arts Foundation. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Kate's Klassics". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Camp, Kate. "Kate Camp".
- ^ "Kate Camp". linkedIn.
- ^ a b "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Kate Camp". Victoria University Press. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Glenn Schaeffer Prize in Modern Letters". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Kate Camp awarded Creative New Zealand Writers Residency". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship". The Arts Foundation. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ISBN 9780958237505.
- ^ North, Heidi (10 July 2022). "The many humiliations of Kate Camp". The Spinoff. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ Macdonald, Theo (30 June 2022). "Book of the Week: Theo draws Kate Camp". The Newsroom. Retrieved 22 September 2023.