Stephanie de Montalk | |
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Born | 1945 (age 78–79) New Zealand |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | English |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Alma mater | Wellington Hospital, Victoria University of Wellington |
Genre | Poetry |
Notable awards | NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry; Nigel Cox Award |
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Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945) is a poet and biographer from New Zealand.
Born in 1945, in New Zealand, de Montalk grew up in the Far North and Wellington. [1] She trained at Wellington Hospital School of Nursing and received and MA and PhD in Creative Writing from Victoria University of Wellington. She has worked as a nurse, documentary filmmaker, and from 1996–2002 member of the New Zealand Film and Literature Board of Review. [2] [3] [4]
Published works by de Montalk include:
de Montalk has also published in various literary journals including Landfall, Southerly, London Magazine, and New Zealand Listener. [4] Her poems have also been published in the 2005 the Best New Zealand Poems series. [5]
In 2001, she published a biography of her second-cousin Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk entitled, Unquiet World: The Life of Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk. [6] [4]
Following an accident in 2003, de Montalk's writing has often explored concepts of isolation and exile. [2] In her 2014 creative nonfiction work, How Does It Hurt? she explores ideas around chronic pain, both her own and the experiences of other writers. [7] [8]
In 2007, an engraving of her poem, Violinist at the Edge of an Ice Field was erected at the Franz Josef Glacier visitor centre. [4]
In 1997, while studying at the Victoria University of Wellington de Montalk was a joint winner of the Original Composition prize. [4] [2] Also in 1997, her short story 'The Waiting' was a joint winner of the Novice Writers' Award in the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Short Story Awards. [4] [3]
In 2001 her collection Animals Indoors won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. [9]
In 2006 she was the Victoria University of Wellington Writer in Residence. [10]
How Does It Hurt? won the Nigel Cox Award from Unity Books in 2015. [11]