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Cilla McQueen

Cilla McQueen (born 1949) is a British poet, writer and teacher.

Also recorded as Priscilla McQueen · Priscilla Muriel McQueen

Cilla McQueen, after her investiture as MNZM, for services as a poet, at Government House, Auckland, on 22 September 2020.

New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General · CC BY 4.0

Biography

Cilla McQueen studied at University of Otago. The recorded working language is English.

Residence is recorded at Bluff.

Distinctions recorded are Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Poetry), Robert Burns Fellowship and honorary doctor of the University of Otago.

Plaque dedicated to Cilla McQueen in Dunedin, on the Writers' Walk on the Octagon label QS:Len,"Plaque dedicated to Cilla McQueen in Dunedin, on the Writers' Walk on the Octagon" label QS:Lhu,"Emléktábla Cilla McQueen tiszteletére Dunedin Octagon terén, az Írók sétányán"

Plaque dedicated to Cilla McQueen in Dunedin, on the Writers' Walk on the Octagon label QS:Len,"Plaque dedicated to Cilla McQueen in Dunedin, on the Writers' Walk on the Octagon" label QS:Lhu,"Emléktábla Cilla McQueen tiszteletére Dunedin Octagon terén, az Írók sétányán"

photo by Szilas in Dunedin

Cilla McQueen (left), after her investiture as MNZM, for services as a poet, by the governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, at Government House, Auckland, on 22 September 2020.

Cilla McQueen (left), after her investiture as MNZM, for services as a poet, by the governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, at Government House, Auckland, on 22 September 2020.

New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General

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  • Birmingham
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  • Bluff

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