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'''Vincent Gerard O’Sullivan''', [[New Zealand Order of Merit|DCNZM]] (born 28 September 1937, in [[Auckland, New Zealand]]) is a [[New Zealand]] poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic and editor. He was the [[New Zealand Poet Laureate]] for the term 2013–2015.<ref>http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1408/S00143/nz-celebrates-poetry-with-national-poetry-day-on-22-august.htm</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&pg=PA426&dq=Vincent+O%27Sullivan+(poet)+selected&lr=#v=onepage&q=Vincent%20O%27Sullivan%20(poet)%20selected&f=false</ref> The son of Timothy O'Sullivan (b. Tralee, Ireland) and Myra O'Sullivan (née McKean) O'Sullivan was the youngest of five children. His first marriage was to Tui Rererangi Walsh and produced two children. Dominic O'Sullivan (1970) and Deirdre O'Sullivan (1973).
'''Vincent Gerard O’Sullivan''', [[New Zealand Order of Merit|DCNZM]] (born 28 September 1937, in [[Auckland, New Zealand]]) is one of [[New Zealand]]'s best known writers. He is a poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic and editor. The recipient of many literary prizes and residencies, in 2000 O’Sullivan was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/new-zealand-royal-honours/honours-lists-and-recipients/honours-lists/knights-dames-new-zealand-order-of-merit|title=Knights and Dames of the New Zealand Order of Merit|website=Knights and Dames of the New Zealand Order of Merit|language=en-NZ|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> He was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship in 2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/grow/tips-tools/2004/jun/27090-vincent-osullivan-awarded-%C2%A0cnzs-michael-king-fellowship|title=Vincent O'Sullivan awarded CNZ's Michael King Fellowship|date=2004-06-21|website=The Big Idea|language=en|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> and the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/results-of-our-work/award-winners/prime-minister-s-awards-for-literary-achievement|title=Prime Minister's Awards for literary achievement|website=www.creativenz.govt.nz|language=en|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> He was the [[New Zealand Poet Laureate]] for the term 2013–2015.<ref>http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1408/S00143/nz-celebrates-poetry-with-national-poetry-day-on-22-august.htm</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&pg=PA426&dq=Vincent+O%27Sullivan+(poet)+selected&lr=#v=onepage&q=Vincent%20O%27Sullivan%20(poet)%20selected&f=false</ref> The son of Timothy O'Sullivan (b. Tralee, Ireland) and Myra O'Sullivan (née McKean), O'Sullivan was the youngest of five children. His first marriage was to Tui Rererangi Walsh and produced two children, Dominic O'Sullivan (1970) and Deirdre O'Sullivan (1973).


He attended St Joseph's Primary, Grey Lynn, and [[Sacred Heart College, Auckland]]. He graduated from the [[University of Auckland]] and [[Oxford University]]; he lectured at [[Victoria University of Wellington]] (1963–66) and the [[University of Waikato]] (1968–78).
He attended St Joseph's Primary, Grey Lynn, and [[Sacred Heart College, Auckland]]. He graduated from the [[University of Auckland]] and [[Oxford University]]; he lectured at [[Victoria University of Wellington]] (1963–66) and the [[University of Waikato]] (1968–78).
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He served as literary editor of the ''NZ Listener'' (1979–80).<ref>http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/O%27Sullivan,%20Vincent</ref>
He served as literary editor of the ''NZ Listener'' (1979–80).<ref>http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/O%27Sullivan,%20Vincent</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards and Honours==
* 1999 [[Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry]]
* 1994 [[New Zealand Post Katherine Mansfield Prize|Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship]]
* 2005 [[Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry]]
*1999 [[Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry]]
* 2000 [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]]
*2005 [[Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry]]
* 2006 [[Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/award-winners/prime-minister-s-awards-for-literary-achievement |title=Previous winners |publisher=[[Creative New Zealand]] |author= |date= |accessdate=October 24, 2013}}</ref>
* 2006 [[Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/award-winners/prime-minister-s-awards-for-literary-achievement |title=Previous winners |publisher=[[Creative New Zealand]] |author= |date= |accessdate=October 24, 2013}}</ref>
*2016 Honoured New Zealand Writer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/look-and-listen/videos/Page8/2016-honoured-new-zealand-writer-vincent-osullivan/|title=Video: 2016 Honoured New Zealand Writer: Vincent O'Sullivan - Look & Listen • Auckland Writers Festival|website=www.writersfestival.co.nz|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==


===Poetry===
===Poetry===

*[http://www.spl.org.uk/new_zealand/osullivan.htm "Blame Vermeer", ''Scottish Poetry Library'']
* Our Burning Time (1965),
*''Our Burning Time'' (1965)
* Revenants (1969)
*''Revenants'' (1969)
* Waikato-Taniwha-Rau (1971)
*''Waikato-Taniwha-Rau'' (1971)
* Bearings (1973)
*''Bearings'' (1973)
* From the Indian Funeral (1976)
*''From the Indian Funeral'' (1976)
* Butcher & Co. (1977)
*''Butcher & Co.'' (1977)
* Brother Jonathan, Brother Kafka (1979)
*''Brother Jonathan, Brother Kafka'' (1979)
* The Rose Ballroom and Other Poems (1982)
*''The Rose Ballroom and Other Poems'' (1982)
* The Butcher Papers (1982)
*''The Butcher Papers'' (1982)
* The Pilate Tapes (1986)
*''The Pilate Tapes'' (1986)
* Selected Poems (1992)
*''Selected Poems'' (1992)
*''Seeing You Asked'' (1998)
* {{cite book| title=Seeing you asked| publisher=Victoria University Press| year=1998| isbn=978-0-86473-352-8 }}
*''Lucky Table'' (2001)
*''Blame Vermeer'' (2007)
*''Further Convictions Pending: Poems 1998–2008'' (2009)
*''The Movie May Be Slightly Different'' (2011)
*''Us, Then'' (2013)
*''Being Here: Selected Poems'' (2015)
*''And So It Is: New Poems'' (2016)


===Short Stories===
===Short Stories===
* The Boy, The Bridge, The River (1978)
*''The Boy, The Bridge, The River'' (1978)
* Dandy Edison for Lunch and Other Stories (1981)
*''Dandy Edison for Lunch and Other Stories'' (1981)
* Survivals (1985)
*''Survivals'' (1985)
* The Snow in Spain: Short Stories (1990)
*''The Snow in Spain: Short Stories'' (1990)
* Palms and Minarets: Selected Stories (1992).
*''Palms and Minarets: Selected Stories'' (1992).


===Novels===
===Novels===
*Miracle (1976)
*''Miracle'' (1976)
*Let the River Stand (1993)
*''Let the River Stand'' (1993)
*All This By Chance (2018)
*''All This By Chance'' (2018)


===Plays===
===Plays===
*Shuriken, was performed at Downstage, Wellington, in July 1983.
*''Shuriken'' (performed at Downstage, Wellington, July 1983)
*''Jones and Jones'' (1989)
*Billy, presented at Bats Theatre, Wellington
*''Billy'' (presented at Bats Theatre, Wellington)

===Essays===

*On Longing (Four Winds Press, 2002)


===Anthologies===
===Anthologies===
* {{cite book| title=An anthology of New Zealand poetry in English| editors=Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien, Mark Williams| publisher=Oxford University Press New Zealand| year=1997| isbn=978-0-19-558338-0 }}
* {{cite book|title=An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English|last=|first=|editors=Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien, Mark Williams|location=|pages=|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-19-558338-0}}
* {{cite book| title=The Oxford book of contemporary New Zealand poetry| editor=Fleur Adcock| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=1982| isbn=978-0-19-558092-1 }}
* {{cite book|title=The Oxford Book of Contemporary New Zealand Poetry|last=|first=|editor=Fleur Adcock|location=|pages=|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1982|isbn=978-0-19-558092-1}}


===Editor===
===Editor===
* {{cite book| title=The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield (1984– )| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WktGcM_UpH8C&pg=PR19&dq=Vincent+O%27Sullivan+(poet)+selected&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false| editors=Vincent O'Sullivan, Margaret Scott| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=1996| isbn=978-0-19-818532-1 }}
* {{cite book| title=The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield (1984– )| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WktGcM_UpH8C&pg=PR19&dq=Vincent+O%27Sullivan+(poet)+selected&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false| editors=Vincent O'Sullivan, Margaret Scott| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=1996| isbn=978-0-19-818532-1 }}
* Mansfield’s ‘The Aloe’ with ‘Prelude’ (1982)
* Mansfield’s ‘The Aloe’ with ‘Prelude’ (1982)
* Poems of Katherine Mansfield (1988)
*''Poems of Katherine Mansfield'' (1988)
* Selected Letters (1989)
*''Selected Letters'' (1989)
* An Anthology of Twentieth-Century New Zealand Poetry (1970, revised 1976 and 1987)
*''An Anthology of Twentieth-Century New Zealand Poetry'' (1970, revised 1976 and 1987)
* New Zealand Short Stories: Third Series (1975)
*''New Zealand Short Stories: Third Series'' (1975)
* New Zealand Writing Since 1945 (1983, with MacDonald P. Jackson)
*''New Zealand Writing Since 1945'' (1983, with MacDonald P. Jackson)
* Collected Poems: Ursula Bethell (1985),
*''Collected Poems: Ursula Bethell'' (1985)
* The Oxford Book of New Zealand Short Stories (1992),
*''The Oxford Book of New Zealand Short Stories'' (1992)
*''Intersecting Lines: The Memoirs of Ian Milner'' (1993)

=== Festschrift ===

* ''Still Shines When You Think of It'' (2007), edited by [[Bill Manhire]] and [https://www.victoria.ac.nz/fgr/about/staff/peter-whiteford Peter Whiteford]


==Reviews==
==Further reading==
<blockquote>In print and in performance, Vincent O’Sullivan as poet reminds one of nothing so much as an antipodean Marist or Jesuit; with his trenchant mix of philosophical erudition and vernacular ease, he comes across as the defrocked priest of New Zealand literature. His poems display an irreverence that shades into reverence: God is spoken of with fondness and slight regret, as if O’Sullivan is remembering a character who belongs to a previous book (which, he might say, is what God is).<ref>http://andrewjohnston.org/osullivan.htm</ref></blockquote>


* 'Vincent O'Sullivan's first novel in 20 years a "landmark book" for NZ literature', by Mike White, ''North and South'', 5 November 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/profiles/vincent-o-sullivan-all-this-by-chance-landmark-book-for-nz-literature/|title=Vincent O’Sullivan's first novel in 20 years a 'landmark book' for NZ literature|last=Noted|website=Noted|language=en|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref>
<blockquote>This poem is in many ways typical of O'Sullivan's strengths: it has a lyric eloquence that never shies away from, often embraces, difficult sometimes philosophical subject matter and is a good introduction – as is the volume as a whole – to his work in general.<ref>http://www.spl.org.uk/new_zealand/osullivan.htm</ref></blockquote>
* ''All This By Chance'' on Stuff.co.nz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/102048801/book-review-all-this-by-chance-by-vincent-osullivan|title=Book review: All This By Chance by Vincent O'Sullivan|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref>
* Book of the Week: The best New Zealand novel of 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/22-03-2018/book-of-the-week-the-best-new-zealand-novel-of-2018/|title=Book of the Week: The best New Zealand novel of 2018|last=Alley|first=Elizabeth|date=2018-03-22|website=The Spinoff|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref>
* ''All This By Chance'' on NZ Booklovers<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/all-this-by-chance-by-vincent-o-sullivan|title=Post {{!}} NZ Booklovers|website=nzbooklovers|language=en|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref>
* ''All This By Chance'' on The Reader, NZ Booksellers blog<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://booksellersnz.wordpress.com/2018/04/19/book-review-all-this-by-chance-by-vincent-osullivan/|title=Book Review: All This By Chance, by Vincent O’Sullivan|last=booksellersnz|date=2018-04-19|language=en|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref>


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==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 22:29, 24 June 2019

Not to be confused with Vincent O'Sullivan (American writer).

Vincent Gerard O’Sullivan, DCNZM (born 28 September 1937, in Auckland, New Zealand) is one of New Zealand's best known writers. He is a poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic and editor. The recipient of many literary prizes and residencies, in 2000 O’Sullivan was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.[1] He was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship in 2004[2] and the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in 2006.[3] He was the New Zealand Poet Laureate for the term 2013–2015.[4][5] The son of Timothy O'Sullivan (b. Tralee, Ireland) and Myra O'Sullivan (née McKean), O'Sullivan was the youngest of five children. His first marriage was to Tui Rererangi Walsh and produced two children, Dominic O'Sullivan (1970) and Deirdre O'Sullivan (1973).

He attended St Joseph's Primary, Grey Lynn, and Sacred Heart College, Auckland. He graduated from the University of Auckland and Oxford University; he lectured at Victoria University of Wellington (1963–66) and the University of Waikato (1968–78).

He served as literary editor of the NZ Listener (1979–80).[6]

Awards and Honours

Works

Poetry

  • Our Burning Time (1965)
  • Revenants (1969)
  • Waikato-Taniwha-Rau (1971)
  • Bearings (1973)
  • From the Indian Funeral (1976)
  • Butcher & Co. (1977)
  • Brother Jonathan, Brother Kafka (1979)
  • The Rose Ballroom and Other Poems (1982)
  • The Butcher Papers (1982)
  • The Pilate Tapes (1986)
  • Selected Poems (1992)
  • Seeing You Asked (1998)
  • Lucky Table (2001)
  • Blame Vermeer (2007)
  • Further Convictions Pending: Poems 1998–2008 (2009)
  • The Movie May Be Slightly Different (2011)
  • Us, Then (2013)
  • Being Here: Selected Poems (2015)
  • And So It Is: New Poems (2016)

Short Stories

  • The Boy, The Bridge, The River (1978)
  • Dandy Edison for Lunch and Other Stories (1981)
  • Survivals (1985)
  • The Snow in Spain: Short Stories (1990)
  • Palms and Minarets: Selected Stories (1992).

Novels

  • Miracle (1976)
  • Let the River Stand (1993)
  • All This By Chance (2018)

Plays

  • Shuriken (performed at Downstage, Wellington, July 1983)
  • Jones and Jones (1989)
  • Billy (presented at Bats Theatre, Wellington)

Essays

  • On Longing (Four Winds Press, 2002)

Anthologies

  • An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English. Oxford University Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-19-558338-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • Fleur Adcock, ed. (1982). The Oxford Book of Contemporary New Zealand Poetry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-558092-1.

Editor

  • The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield (1984– ). Oxford University Press. 1996. ISBN 978-0-19-818532-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • Mansfield’s ‘The Aloe’ with ‘Prelude’ (1982)
  • Poems of Katherine Mansfield (1988)
  • Selected Letters (1989)
  • An Anthology of Twentieth-Century New Zealand Poetry (1970, revised 1976 and 1987)
  • New Zealand Short Stories: Third Series (1975)
  • New Zealand Writing Since 1945 (1983, with MacDonald P. Jackson)
  • Collected Poems: Ursula Bethell (1985)
  • The Oxford Book of New Zealand Short Stories (1992)
  • Intersecting Lines: The Memoirs of Ian Milner (1993)

Festschrift

Further reading

  • 'Vincent O'Sullivan's first novel in 20 years a "landmark book" for NZ literature', by Mike White, North and South, 5 November 2018[9]
  • All This By Chance on Stuff.co.nz[10]
  • Book of the Week: The best New Zealand novel of 2018[11]
  • All This By Chance on NZ Booklovers[12]
  • All This By Chance on The Reader, NZ Booksellers blog[13]


References

  1. ^ "Knights and Dames of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Knights and Dames of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  2. ^ "Vincent O'Sullivan awarded CNZ's Michael King Fellowship". The Big Idea. 2004-06-21. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  3. ^ "Prime Minister's Awards for literary achievement". www.creativenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  4. ^ http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1408/S00143/nz-celebrates-poetry-with-national-poetry-day-on-22-august.htm
  5. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&pg=PA426&dq=Vincent+O%27Sullivan+(poet)+selected&lr=#v=onepage&q=Vincent%20O%27Sullivan%20(poet)%20selected&f=false
  6. ^ http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/O%27Sullivan,%20Vincent
  7. ^ "Previous winners". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  8. ^ "Video: 2016 Honoured New Zealand Writer: Vincent O'Sullivan - Look & Listen • Auckland Writers Festival". www.writersfestival.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  9. ^ Noted. "Vincent O'Sullivan's first novel in 20 years a 'landmark book' for NZ literature". Noted. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  10. ^ "Book review: All This By Chance by Vincent O'Sullivan". Stuff. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  11. ^ Alley, Elizabeth (2018-03-22). "Book of the Week: The best New Zealand novel of 2018". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  12. ^ "Post | NZ Booklovers". nzbooklovers. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  13. ^ booksellersnz (2018-04-19). "Book Review: All This By Chance, by Vincent O'Sullivan". Retrieved 2019-06-24.
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