Chris Orsman

Chris Orsman (born 1955) is a New Zealand poet.

Life
Orsman was born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and educated in Wellington. He studied architecture at Auckland University and briefly worked as an architect. He then worked as an ambulance officer, and travelled, before taking Victoria University’s creative writing course in 1993.

His first collection was published in 1994. His poems have appeared in magazines such as Sport and Landfall, and have been anthologized in 100 New Zealand Poems and An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English (1997).

In 1998 Orsman founded Pemmican Press to publish new poetry.

Publications

 * Ornamental Gorse. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1994.
 * South: An Antarctic journey. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1996.
 * revised & expanded. London: Faber, 1999.
 * Black South. Wellington: Pemmican Press, 1997.
 * The Ice Explorer. Wellington: Pemmican Press, 2001.
 * White Wind. Wellington: Pemmican Press, 2001.
 * Primer of Ice and Stone. Wellington: Pemmican Press, 2002.
 * The Lakes of Mars. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.