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Damien-Wilkins

Damien Wilkins. Courtesy Off the Tracks.

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.[1][2]

He teaches at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.[3]

His work has appeared in Sport.[4]

Recognition[]

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

Publications[]

Poetry[]

Novels[]

  • The Miserables. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1993; New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1993; London: Faber, 1995.
  • Little Masters. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1996; London: Faber, 1997; New York: Holt, 1997.
  • Nineteen Widows Under Ash. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2000.
  • Chemistry. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2002; Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2002; London: Granta, 2002;
  • The Fainter. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2006.
  • Somebody Loves Us All. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2009; Chicago: Victoria University Press, 2010.
  • Max Gate. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2013.

Short fiction[]

  • The Veteran Perils. Auckland: H. Reed / Octopus, 1990.
  • The Veteran Perils. Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann Reed. 1990. ISBN 978-0-7900-0124-1. 
  • For Everyone Concerned, and other stories. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2007; Chicago: Victoria University Press, 2008.

Non-fiction[]

  • When Famous People Come to Town. Wellington: Four Winds Press, 2002.

Edited[]

  • Great Sporting Moments: The best of Sport magazine 1988-2004. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2005.
  • The Best of Best New Zealand Poems (edited with Bill Manhire). Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2011.


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]

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