Kevin Ireland
Kevin Ireland OBE | |
|---|---|
 Ireland in 2000 | |
| Born | Kevin Mark Jowsey 18 July 1933 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 19 May 2023 (aged 89) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Spouse | Janet Wilson |
Kevin Mark Ireland OBE (né Jowsey; 18 July 1933 – 19 May 2023) was a New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist and librettist.[1]
Early life and career
Ireland was born Kevin Mark Jowsey in
Auckland Teachers' College but did not complete a qualification.[2]
After changing his surname by
Bulgarian poetry into English); for two decades, Ireland was employed by The Times
.
In 1986, Ireland was writer-in-residence at the
PEN, 1990–91.[4]
Personal life and death
Ireland's first wife was Bulgarian film critic Donna Marinova whom he met and wed in Sofia in 1959 [[1]]. After he spent 20 months in Bulgaria, the Communist authorities allowed Donna to leave the country and the young family moved to London. Ten years later they divorced. Ireland's second wife was Phoebe Caroline Dalwood (1940–2007);[5] Ireland had two sons and lived in Devonport, New Zealand.[1] He re-married in 2012 to Professor Janet Mary Wilson. Ireland died after a battle with cancer in Auckland, on 19 May 2023, at the age of 89.[6]
Honours and awards
- 1979 – New Zealand Book Award for Poetryfor Literary Cartoons
- 1990 – New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
- 1992 – Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to literature, in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours[7]
- 2000 – Conferred with an honorary Doctor of Literature degree by Massey University[8]
- 2004 – Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement[9]
Works
- Face to Face: Twenty-Four Poems. Pegasus Press. 1963. ISBN 978-1-877577-69-7.
- Educating the Body. Cayton Press. 1967.
- A Letter from Amsterdam. 1972.
- Orchids, Hummingbirds and Other Poems. Auckland University Press. 1974. ISBN 9780196479132.
- A Grammar of Dreams. Wai-te-ata Press. 1975. ISBN 9780465026951.
- Literary Cartoons. 1977.
- The Dangers of Art. 1980. ISBN 9780908599066.
- Practice Night in the Drill Hall: Poems. OUP Australia and New Zealand. 1984. ISBN 9780195581164.
- The Year of the Comet. Islands. 1986. ISBN 0473003775.
- Selected Poems. OUP Australia and New Zealand. 1988. ISBN 978-0195581683.
- Tiberius at the Beehive. Auckland University Press. 1990. ISBN 9781869400439.
- Skinning a fish. Hazard Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0908790777.
- Anzac Day: Selected Poems. Hazard Press. 1997. ISBN 978-1-877161-11-7.
- Fourteen reasons for writing: new poems. Hazard Press. 2001. ISBN 978-1-877270-08-6.
- Walking the land. Hazard Press. 2003. ISBN 978-1-877270-52-9.
- Airports and other wasted days. Hazard Press. 2007. ISBN 9781877393341.
- How to Survive the Morning. Cape Catley. 2008. ISBN 9781877340178.
- Table Talk. 2009.
- Dreamy Days and Nothing Done. Steele Roberts Aotearoa. 2012. ISBN 978-1-877577-69-7.
- Selected Poems 1963-2013. Steele Roberts Aotearoa. 2013. ISBN 978-1-927242-16-2.
- Feeding the birds. Steele Roberts Aotearoa. 2014. ISBN 978-1-927242-81-0.
- Looking out to sea. Steele Roberts Aotearoa. 2015. ISBN 978-1-927242-92-6.
- Humphry Bogart's great sacrifice. Steele Roberts Aotearoa. 2016. ISBN 978-0-947493-36-3.
- A fine morning at Passchendaele. Steele Roberts Aotearoa. 2018. ISBN 978-0-947493-67-7.
- Keeping a grip. Steele Roberts Aotearoa. 2018. ISBN 978-0-94749380-6.
- Shape of the heart. Quentin Wilson Publishing. 2020. ISBN 978-0-9951329-6-2.
- Just like that. Quentin Wilson Publishing. 2022. ISBN 978-0-9951437-3-9.
Short stories
- Sleeping With the Angels. Penguin Books. 1995. ISBN 978-0-14-024497-7.
Novels
- Blowing My Top. Penguin Books. 1996. ISBN 978-0-14-025645-1.
- The Man Who Never Lived. Vintage. 1997. ISBN 9781869413255.
- The Craymore Affair. Vintage. 2000. ISBN 1869414268.
- Getting Away With It. Hazard. 2004. ISBN 9781877270796.
- The Jigsaw Chronicles. Cape Catley. 2008. ISBN 9781877340154.
- Daisy Chains. David Ling. 2010. ISBN 9781877378393.
Editor
- The New Zealand Collection: A Celebration of the New Zealand Novel. Random House. 1990. ISBN 9781869540074.
Memoirs
- Under the bridge and over the moon. Vintage. 1998. ISBN 978-1-86941-363-7.
- Backwards to forwards: a memoir. Vintage. 2002. ISBN 978-1-86941-499-3.
- A Month at the Back of My Brain: A Third Memoir. Quentin Wilson. 2022. ISBN 978-1-99-110306-2.
References
- ^ a b Profile, International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets' Encyclopaedia; accessed 23 September 2015.
- ^ "The interview – Kevin Ireland". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Deed Poll changing surname. Kevin Mark Ireland (Jowsey)". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Profile, bookcouncil.org.nz; accessed 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Ireland, Phoebe Caroline, active 1940-2005". Ireland, Phoebe Caroline, active 1940... | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1940. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Waiwri-Smith, Lyric. "Kevin Ireland, award-winning Kiwi poet and writer, dies at 89: 'Going gently into the wild night'". Stuff. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "No. 52953". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 13 June 1992. p. 30.
- ^ "Honorary degree citations". Massey University. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Previous winners". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
External links
- "Kevin Ireland", New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre
- Interview with Kevin Ireland for Cultural Icons project. Audio.
- Profile, natlib.govt.nz; accessed 23 September 2015.
- Kevin Ireland discography at Discogs
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