Iain Sharp

For the British film and television director, see Ian Sharp.

Iain Sharp (born 1953 in Glasgow) is a New Zealand poet and critic.

Iain Sharp
Born	1953  Glasgow
Education	Doctor of Philosophy
Alma mater	University of Auckland
Occupation	Poet, librarian, journalist

Sharp emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1961, where they settled in Auckland. He studied at Auckland University where he received a doctorate in English in 1982. His doctoral thesis was titled Wit at several weapons: a critical edition.^[1] Soon after completing his PhD he qualified as a librarian from the New Zealand Library School.^[2] He currently works part-time in the Special Collections Department of Auckland Central City Library, and is also a reviewer, critic and columnist for the New Zealand Listener magazine.^[3]

Works

• Why Mammals Shiver, Auckland: One Eyed Press, 1981
• She Is Trying to Kidnap the Blind Person, Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985
• The Pierrot Variations, Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985
• Two Poets: Selections from the Work of Suzanne Chapman and Iain Sharp, edited by Suzanne Chapman, Auckland: Auckland English Association, 1985
• The Singing Harp, Paekakariki: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2004
• Real Gold: treasures of Auckland City Libraries, text by Iain Sharp; photographs by Haruhiko Sameshima, Auckland University Press, 2007
• Our Favourite Poems: New Zealanders choose their best-loved poems, introduction by Iain Sharp, Craig Potton Publishing, 2007, ISBN 9781877333682
• Heaphy: Explorer, Artist, Settler, Auckland University Press, 2008
• Sharing Our Ghosts, Poems by Joy MacKenzie & Iain Sharp, Auckland: Cumberland Press, 2011

References

1. Sharp, Iain (1982). Wit at several weapons: a critical edition (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/2047.
2. Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English, Oxford University Press, 1997
3. The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (1998). Sharp, Iain at New Zealand Book Council