Carolyn McCurdie
New Zealand poet and author
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Carolyn McCurdie is a British-born New Zealand author.
Carolyn McCurdie | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Notable awards | Lilian Ida Smith Award, First prize New Zealand Poetry Society’s International Poetry Competition |
McCurdie was born in England and moved to New Zealand in 1950, aged three. She grew up in Dunedin and has also lived in Auckland, Waiheke Island, and Australia.[1]
McCurdie has worked as a teacher and librarian at the Blueskin Bay library. In 2002 she was mentored by Sue McCauley.[2][1]
In 2012 McCurdie published her first novel for young adults, The Unquiet.[3] She published Albatross, a collection of short stories in 2006, and a poetry collection, Bones in the Octagon, in 2015.[4][5] McCurdie has also been published in Landfall[6][7] and Takahē,[8] and her work has appeared on Radio New Zealand.[2]
Awards
McCurdie received the 1998 Lilian Ida Smith Award.[9] Her first novel, The Unquiet was named as one of Storylines Trust's Notable New Zealand Children's and Young Adult Books of 2007.[10]
In 2013 she won first prize in the New Zealand Poetry Society's International Poetry Competition with Making Up the Spare Beds for the Brothers Grimm.[11] Her poem Bridge received a highly commended in the 2017 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize,[12] and she also received a highly commended in the 2012 prize.[13]