Apirana Taylor
Apirana Taylor (born 15 March 1955) is a New Zealand poet, novelist, performer, story-teller, musician and painter.
Apirana Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 March 1955 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist |
| Period | 1979–2004 |
Biography
Born in Wellington, Apirana Taylor is of Pākehā and Māori descent with affiliations to Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Ruanui.[1] He was a prominent member of the Māori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari. Taylor has published three volumes of poetry – Eyes of the Ruru (1979), Soft Leaf Falls of the Moon (1997) and Te Ata Kura; the red-tipped dawn (2004); three short-story collections; a novel, He Tangi Aroha (1993); and two plays. He was a runner-up for the Pegasus Book Award in 1985, for He Rau Aroha: A Hundred Leaves of Love.[2]
Poetry by Taylor was included in UPU, a curation of Pacific Island writers’ work which was first presented at the Silo Theatre as part of the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2020.[3] UPU was remounted as part of the Kia Mau Festival in Wellington in June 2021.[4]
Works
- 3 shades, by Apirana Taylor, Lindsay Rabbitt, L.E. Scott; with an introduction by Alan Loney, Wellington: Voice Press, 1981
- Ki te ao: new stories, Penguin Books, 1990
- Te ata kura = The red tipped dawn, Canterbury University Press, 2004
Notes
- Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English, Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2008
- "UPU". Silo Theatre. March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- "UPU". Kai Mau Festival. June 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
References
- Apirana Taylor (2004). Te Ata Kura, the red-tipped dawn, a collection of poetry by Apirana Taylor. Canterbury University Press.
- New Zealand Book Council profile
- New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre profile