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New Zealand poet, painter and editor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gregory Leo O’Brien MNZM (born 1961) is a New Zealand poet, painter, author and editor. He is also an art curator and writes art history and criticism for both adults and children.[1]
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Born in Matamata in 1961, O'Brien trained as a journalist in Auckland and worked as a newspaper reporter in Northland. He graduated from the University of Auckland.[2]
He lives in Wellington, and is married to poet Jenny Bornholdt.[3]
In 2012 O'Brien received the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement,[5] and became an Arts Foundation Laureate.[1] In the 2014 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts[6] and in 2017 received an honorary doctorate of literature from Victoria University of Wellington.[7]
His poetry has also appeared in many anthologies including Islands, Landfall, Sport, Meanjin and Scripsi, and in Vincent O'Sullivan, ed. (1987). An Anthology of twentieth century New Zealand poetry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-558163-8. His poetry has frequently been set to music by New Zealand composers.
O'Brien also appeared regularly on Kim Hill's Radio New Zealand show to talk about poetry.[8]
O'Brien regularly exhibits his work, and his art is included in many of the major art collections of New Zealand, including the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellingtons, the Hocken Library, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs collection; the University of Auckland Art Collection and the Chartwell Collection.[1]
He also illustrates the work of other authors for books and book covers.[1]
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