Rob Allan
Rob Allan (1945 – October 2021) was a New Zealand poet. He won the PEN (NZSA) Best First Book of Poetry award in 1992 for his book Karitane Postcards,[1] and has received multiple grants from Creative New Zealand to support his writing.[2] He has been published in several anthologies including An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English (Oxford University Press, 1997), and has published widely in literary magazines.
Personal life and death[edit]
Born in Birmingham, England, Allan moved to New Zealand with his family as a teenager in 1960. He lived in Port Chalmers, New Zealand, and worked as a teacher for deaf children in Otago schools.[1]
Allan died in October 2021.[3]
Works[edit]
- Karitane Postcards (Hazard Press, 1991). ISBN 0-908790-13-9.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Allan, Rob. Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive, 2 December 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ Rob Allan, capital of the minimal, new zealand electronic poetry centre, 13 July 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "In Memory". 11th Letter In. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
External links[edit]
- Three poems published in the Southern Ocean Review Ninth Issue, 12 October 1998
- Southern Ocean Review 16th Issue, 12 July 2000
- Rob Allan, capital of the minimal, New Zealand electronic poetry centre. Includes bio and links to several of Allan's poems.
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