C. K. Stead, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

C. K. Stead

New Zealand writer

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1932

Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand

Profession: writer, poet, author, literary critic, novelist

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About C. K. Stead

  • Christian Karlson "Karl" Stead (born 17 October 1932) is a New Zealand writer whose works include novels, poetry, short stories, and literary criticism.One of Karl Stead's novels, Smith's Dream, provided the basis for the film Sleeping Dogs, starring Sam Neill; this became the first New Zealand film released in the United States.
  • Mansfield: A Novel was a finalist for the 2005 Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize and received commendation in the 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the South East Asia and South Pacific region.
  • He won the 2010 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award for 'Last Season’s Man'.C.
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  • Stead was born in Auckland.
  • For much of his career he was Professor of English at the University of Auckland, retiring in 1986 to write full-time.
  • He received a CBE in 1985 and was admitted into the highest honour New Zealand can bestow, the Order of New Zealand in 2007.
  • In August 2015, he was named the New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2015 to 2017.To celebrate the conclusion of CK Stead's term as Poet Laureate, the Alexander Turnbull Library published a signed, limited edition book of his work called In the mirror, and dancing.
  • The little volume of poems was hand-pressed by Brendan O'Brien and illustrated with line sketches by New Zealand expatriate artist Douglas MacDiarmid.
  • The book was launched on 8 August 2017 in Wellington, with the assistance of Gregory O'Brien.
  • On 25 August 2017, Pasifika poet-scholar Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh was named the New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2017-2019.

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