Murray Edmond

Murray Edmond (born 1949) is a New Zealand poet, playwright, editor, academic, and critic.

Life
Edmond was born in Hamilton, North Island. He was educated at Hamilton Boys' High School and then the University of Auckland, where he received a B.A. and M.A. in English. He briefly edited the [[literary magazine Freed in 1970-1971, and participated in alternative theatre. His first collection of poetry, Entering the Eye'', was published in 1973.

Edmond moved in 1974 to Europe, where he worked in theatre (mainly in London), but returned to New Zealand in 1976, where he again worked in alternative theatre. In 1983 he was writer in residence at the University of Canterbury. The following year he moved to Auckland, in 1985 began teaching the postgraduate program in drama at the University of Auckland. His musical, "A New South Pacific", was staged in 1987.

Recognition
His poetry collection Full Moon was shortlisted for the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry in 2005.