Jenny Bornholdt
Jenny Bornholdt | |
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Bornholdt at 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair | |
5th New Zealand Poet Laureate | |
In office 2005–2007 | |
Preceded by | Brian Turner |
Succeeded by | Michele Leggott |
Personal details | |
Born | Jennifer Mary Bornholdt (1960-11-01) 1 November 1960 (age 63) Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
Spouse | Gregory O'Brien |
Jennifer Mary Bornholdt MNZM (born 1 November 1960) is a New Zealand poet and anthologist. She was New Zealand's Poet Laureate in 2005-2007.
Early life
Born in Lower Hutt, Bornholdt received a bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Diploma in Journalism. She studied poetry with Bill Manhire at Victoria University of Wellington in 1984.[1][2]
Career
She is co-editor of My Heart Goes Swimming: New Zealand Love Poems and the Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English, which won the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry in 1997. In addition, Bornholdt won the 2002 Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship, was a recipient of one of the 2003 Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Awards, and was named the fifth Te Mata Estate New Zealand Poet Laureate in 2005. Her poems were selected for the Best New Zealand Poems series in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005.[3][4][5]
In the 2014 New Year Honours, Bornholdt was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a poet.[6]
In 2023 Te Herenga Waka University Press published A Garden is a Long Time by Bornholdt and Annemarie Hope-Cross.[7][8][9]
Personal life
She lives in Wellington, and is married to poet Gregory O'Brien.[10]
Books
Poetry
Bornholdt's poetry has been published in a number of volumes:
- 1988: This Big Face
- 1989: Moving House
- 1991: Waiting Shelter
- 1995: How We Met
- 1997: Miss New Zealand: Selected Poems
- 2000: These Days
- 2003: Summer
Children's books
- 2013: A Book is A Book
- 2017: The Longest Breakfast
Editor
- Co-editor, with Gregory O'Brien, My Heart Goes Swimming: New Zealand Love Poems, Random House New Zealand (2000) ISBN 0-908877-81-1, ISBN 978-0-908877-81-2
- Co-editor Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English
References
- ^ "Jenny Bornholdt". Annual Annual | NZ. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Collection: Bornholdt, Jenny - Literary papers of Jenny Bornholdt | Victoria University of Wellington". archives.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Jenny Bornholdt - Writer's Files • Read NZ Te Pou Muramura". www.read-nz.org. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Jenny Bornholdt". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Jenny Bornholdt | Arts Foundation Laureate". Arts Foundation. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Poet Jenny Bornholdt: A Garden is a Long Time". RNZ. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Photography on the slow burn, capturing a different image of our past". www.thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Green, Paula (27 September 2023). "Poetry Shelf review: A Garden is a Long Time by Annemarie Hope-Cross and Jenny Bornholdt". NZ Poetry Shelf. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Jenny Bornholdt and Gregory O'Brien receive honours". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
External links
- New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre
- New Zealand Book Council
- Author profile
Cultural offices | ||
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Preceded by Brian Turner | New Zealand Poet Laureate 2005–2007 | Succeeded by |
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- 1970 Owen Leeming
- 1971 Margaret Scott
- 1972 C. K. Stead
- 1973 James McNeish
- 1974 Janet Frame
- 1975 David Mitchell
- 1976 Michael King
- 1977 Barry Mitcalfe
- 1978 Spiro Zavos
- 1979 Philip Temple
- 1980 Marilyn Duckworth
- 1981 Lauris Edmond
- 1982 Michael Jackson
- 1983 Allen Curnow
- 1984 Rowley Habib
- 1985 Michael Gifkins
- 1986 Michael Harlow
- 1987 Russell Haley
- 1988 Louis Johnson
- 1989 Lloyd Jones
- 1990 Lisa Greenwood
- 1991 Nigel Cox
- 1992 Maurice Gee
- 1993 Witi Ihimaera
- 1994 Vincent O’Sullivan
- 1995 Fiona Farrell
- 1996 Owen Marshall
- 1997 Roger Hall
- 1998 Maurice Shadbolt
- 1999 Elizabeth Knox
- 2000 Stephanie Johnson
- 2001 Catherine Chidgey
- 2002 Jenny Bornholdt
- 2003 Tessa Duder
- 2004 Bill Manhire
- 2005 Ian Wedde
- 2006 Fiona Kidman
- 2007 Stuart Hoar
- 2008 Damien Wilkins
- 2009 Jenny Pattrick
- 2010 Ken Duncum
- 2011 Chris Price
- 2012 Justin Paton
- 2013 Greg McGee
- 2014 Mandy Hager
- 2015 Anna Jackson
- 2016 Kate Camp
- 2017 Carl Nixon
- 2019 Paula Morris
- 2020 Sue Wootton
- 2023 Charlotte Grimshaw