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.
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Born | 1951 (age 70–71) Wellington, New Zealand |
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Notable awards | Arts Foundation Laureate (2014) |
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]
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