Peter Bland
Peter Bland (born 12 May 1934 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) is a British-New Zealand poet and actor.
Peter Bland
- Born
- 1934 · Scarborough.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- poet
- Education
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Honours
- Cholmondeley Award · Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Poetry)
- Languages
- English
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Life
Life
He emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 20 and graduated from the Victoria University of Wellington. He worked as a radio producer for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. He became closely associated with the Wellington Group which included James K. Baxter and Louis Johnson. He worked in theatre, as co-founder and artistic director of Downstage Theatre from 1964–68. He returned to Britain in 1970 for a short time but now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Peter Bland, a writer and poet, was born in 1934. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Poetry
Poetry
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Plays
Plays
• Father’s Day (Wellington, 1966; the first locally-written production at Downstage Theatre) • George the Mad Ad Man (Wellington, 1967, and Coventry, England, 1969).
Memoir
Memoir
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Film and television acting
• A Touch of the Other (1970) • Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1974) • Dangerous Orphans (1985) • Came a Hot Friday (1985) • Queen City Rocker (1986) • Heart of the High Country (1985) • Porters (1988)
Awards and honours
• 1977 Cholmondeley Award • Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition, England • 2011 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
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- 1.Lambert, Max. Who's Who in New Zealand. Reed, Auckland. 61. 1991. 0-7900-01306.
- 2.Ousby, Ian. The Cambridge guide to literature in English. Cambridge University Press. 92. 1993. 978-0-521-44086-8.
- 3.Peter Bland. Carcanet Press.
- 4.Creative New Zealand. Previous winners.
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