Edmond, Lauris (1924–2000)
Edmond, Lauris (1924–2000)
New Zealand playwright. Name variations: Lauris Dorothy Edmond. Born 1924 in Dannevirke, New Zealand; died Jan 28, 2000.
Worked as speech therapist and English teacher; co-founded Peppercorn Press and served as its poetry editor; writings include In Middle Air (1975), The Pear Tree (1977), Wellington Letter: A Sequence of Poems (1980), Salt from the North (1980), Catching It: Poems (1983), Seasons and Creatures (1986), Summer Near the Arctic Circle (1988), Hot October (1989), Bonfires in the Rain (1991), An Autobiography (1994), Carnival of New Zealand Creatures (2000), and Late Song (2000). Received Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship and Commonwealth Poetry Prize; made OBE.
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