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Geoff Cochrane (born 1951) is a New Zealand poet, novelist and short story writer. He has published 19 collections of poetry, a novel and a collection of short fiction.

Geoff Cochrane
Born	1951 (age 70–71) Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation	Poet novelist short story writer
Notable awards	Arts Foundation Laureate (2014)

Life and career

Cochrane was born in Wellington in 1951 and attended St Patrick's College.[1]

His first five poetry collections were published by private presses, beginning with Images of Midnight City in 1976.[2] In 1992 a collection of poems from these earlier collections, plus 27 new poems, was published as Aztec Noon by Victoria University Press.[2]

His novel Tin Nimbus was a regional finalist in the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book.[3] It is about an alcoholic's experiences with institutions,[2] reflecting Cochrane's personal experiences with alcoholism.[4] Alcoholism is often reflected in his other work, as well as his experiences living in Wellington.[4]

In 2009 he was awarded the Janet Frame Prize for Poetry.[4][3] In eight out of the twelve years from 2003 to 2014 his poems were selected for the online anthology Best New Zealand Poems.[3][5]

In 2014 he was made an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate as one of New Zealand's "most outstanding practising artists".[6]

Selected works

Poetry collections

• Images of Midnight City (1976)
• Solstice (1979, with Victoria Broome and Lindsay Rabbitt)
• The Sea the Landsman Knows (1980)
• Taming the Smoke (1983)
• Kandinsky's Mirror (1989)
• Aztec Noon (1992)
• Vanilla Wine (2003)
• Hypnic Jerks (2005)
• 84-484 (2007)
• Pocket Edition (2009)
• The Worm in the Tequila (2010)
• The Bengal Engine's Mango Afterglow (2012)
• Wonky Optics (2015)
• Rededits (2017)
• The Black and the White (2019)
• Chosen (2020)

Other work

• Tin Nimbus (1995, novel)
• Blood (1997, novel)
• Astonished Dice (2014, short fiction)

References

External links

• Profile on Read NZ Te Pou Muramura website
• Interview of Cochrane by Damien Wilkins in the spring 2003 issue of Sport

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