Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet), Date of Birth
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About Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet)
- Vincent Gerard O’Sullivan, DCNZM (born 28 September 1937, in Auckland, New Zealand) is one of New Zealand's best-known writers.
- He is a poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic, editor, biographer, and librettist.
- The recipient of many literary prizes and residencies, in 2000 O’Sullivan was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
- He was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship in 2004 and the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in 2006.
- He was the New Zealand Poet Laureate for the term 2013–2015.
- The son of Timothy O'Sullivan (b.
- Tralee, Ireland) and Myra O'Sullivan (née McKean), O'Sullivan is the youngest of five.
- His first marriage was to Tui Rererangi Walsh, with whom he had two children, Dominic O'Sullivan (1970) and Deirdre O'Sullivan (1973). He attended St Joseph's Primary, Grey Lynn, and Sacred Heart College, Auckland which is catholic school in Glendowie He graduated from the University of Auckland and Oxford University and lectured at Victoria University of Wellington (1963–66) and the University of Waikato (1968–78). He served as literary editor of the NZ Listener (1979–80), and then (1981–87) won a series of writer’s residencies and research fellowships in universities in Australia and New Zealand: Victoria (Wellington), Tasmania, Deakin (Geelong), Flinders (South Australia), Western Australia and Queensland.
- These were interrupted by a year as resident playwright at Downstage Theatre, Wellington (1983).
- In 1988 he resumed his academic career at Victoria University of Wellington, where he was Professor of English Literature until his retirement in 2004.He lives in Dunedin.
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