Damien Wilkins (poet)

Damien Wilkins (born 1963) is a New Zealand poet, novelist, and short story writer.

Life
Wilkins was born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 1984. He was assistant editor at Victoria University Press in 1988. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with an M.F.A.

Since 1992 he has been a writing tutor in Wellington, New Zealand.

He teaches at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.

His work has appeared in Sport.

Recognition

 * Heinemann Reed Fiction Award
 * 1994 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction
 * 1992 Whiting Writers' Award

Novels

 * Little Masters Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1996
 * The Fainter Victoria University Press, 2006
 * Somebody Loves Us All Victoria University Press, 2009
 * The Fainter Victoria University Press, 2006
 * Somebody Loves Us All Victoria University Press, 2009
 * The Fainter Victoria University Press, 2006
 * Somebody Loves Us All Victoria University Press, 2009

Editor

 * Great Sporting Moments: The best of Sport magazine 1988-2004, Victoria University Press, 2005.