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The Lark Quartet

Poems by Elizabeth Smither

The Lark Quartet( )
Author: Smither, Elizabeth
ISBN:978-1-86940-216-7
Publication Date:Oct 1999
Publisher:Auckland University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.95
Book Description:

A lovely new collection by a leading New Zealand poet. This is among her best work, moving through a range of attentions--gardens, friends, works of art--with great charm and unexpected and quirky wit.

Book Details
Pages:80
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / Australian & Oceanian
Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8 x 0.24 Inches
Book Weight:0.21 Pounds
Author Biography
Smither, Elizabeth (Author)
Elizabeth Smither was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand on September 15, 1941. She is poet, novelist, and short story writer. Her collections of poems include The Commonplace Book, The Lark Quartet, A Pattern of Marching, Here Come the Clouds, Casanova's Ankle, Professor Musgrove's Canary, The Tudor Style: Poems New and Selected, and The Year of the Adverbs. Her novels include First Blood and Brother-love Sister-love. Her collections of short stories include Nights at the Embassy and Mr. Fish. She also wrote a children's book entitled Tug Brothers and a collection of her journals entitled The Journal Box. She has received numerous awards including the 2012 Landfall Essay Prize, the Freda Buckland Award, the Prime Ministers Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry, the Lilian Ida Smith Award, and the 2016 Sarah Broom Poetry Prize. She is a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. In 2018 Sarah also won the Volume Ockhameter award in the Poetry category with her title Night Horse.

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