Dunedin based poet and
novelist Diane Brown (left) emerged victorious from a competitive shortlist to be
awarded the 2012 Janet Frame Memorial Award.
The biennial
award for $3,000 is offered by the NZSA from a bequest
generously provided by The Janet Frame Literary Trust to support a mid-career
or established author to further their literary career.
Diane will be using the award to take time off from
teaching her writing school to assemble and develop a collection of poems with
the working title of “Taking My Mother To
The Opera.”
The award was hotly contested by a sizable list of
applicants all of whom, according to judging panel convenor Chris Else, merited
serious consideration.
Along with fellow judges, Elizabeth Smither and
Pamela Gordon, Chris says the panel focussed primarily on the track record of
the applicant and the extent to which the award would further their literary
career.
Short listed applicants were Riemke Ensing, Siobhan Harvey, Jenny Powell
and Pat White.
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