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Profile
Damien Wilkins, heralded in some quarters as the finest writer of his
generation, has achieved success in New Zealand and overseas with a string of
well-observed, impeccably written and blackly funny novels. A versatile writer,
Wilkins has also published a volume of poetry, drama for television and radio,
and is well-known for his astute reviews and literary commentary.
Selected published works
The Veteran Perils 1990, Heinemann Reed Fiction Award The
Miserables, 1993; Little Masters, 1996; Nineteen Widows Under
Ash, 2000; Chemistry, 2002; The Fainter, 2006; For Everyone Concerned & Other Stories, 2007.
Biography
Damien Wilkins was born in 1963. He is the author of eight books, including
a book of poems and a book of short stories. He is best known, however, for
his award-winning novels. Nineteen Widows Under Ash was joint runnerup
for the 2001 Deutz Medal for Fiction in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards
and The Miserables won the 1994 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction.
His latest novel Chemistry, published in 2002, was a New Zealand bestseller
on publication.
Wilkins has twice been awarded a New Zealand Scholarship in Letters and, in
2000, he was Writing Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington. While living
in the United States in the early 1990s, he won a Whiting Writing Award.
Wilkins has taught creative writing in both New Zealand and America and is
well-known in this country as a book reviewer and essayist. He has also written
drama for television and radio. |
