Damien Wilkins (writer)

Damien Wilkins (born 1963 Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and poet. He is the director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.

Life[edit]

He was graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 1984. He was assistant editor at Victoria University Press in 1988. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with an MFA.^[1] Since 1992 he has been a writing tutor in Wellington, New Zealand.^[2] His notable doctoral students have included Pip Adam,^[3] Michalia Arathimos,^[4] and Gigi Fenster.^[5]

Since 2014 he has been the director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.^[2][6]

His work has appeared in Sport.^[7]

He is also a singer and songwriter who has released songs through his project the Close Readers. Previously, he had played in the band the Jonahs in the 1980s.^[8]

Awards[edit]

• 1989 Heinemann Reed Fiction Award
• 1992 Whiting Award
• 1994 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction
• 2013 Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award^[9]
• 2020 Young Adult Fiction Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults^[10]

Works[edit]

Novels[edit]

• The Miserables. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press.
  • American edition. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1993. ISBN 978-0-15-160523-1.
• Little Masters Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1996
  • American edition. New York: Henry Holt. 1997. ISBN 978-0-8050-4951-0.
• Nineteen Windows under Ash. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 2000. ISBN 9780864733955.
• Chemistry. Granta. 2002. ISBN 978-1-86207-549-8.
• The Fainter. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780864735300.
• Somebody Loves Us All. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780864736161.
• Max Gate. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780864738998.
• Dad Art. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 2016. ISBN 9781776560561.
• Lifting. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 2017. ISBN 9781776561025.
• Aspiring. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0-9951229-4-9

Short stories[edit]

• The Veteran Perils. Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann Reed. 1990. ISBN 978-0-7900-0124-1.
• For everyone concerned and other stories. Victoria University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-86473-559-1.

Poetry[edit]

• The Idles. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-86473-253-8.

Anthologies[edit]

• Jenny Bornholdt; Gregory O'Brien; Mark Williams, eds. (1997). An anthology of New Zealand poetry in English. Oxford University Press New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-19-558338-0.

Plays and scripts[edit]

• Duggan. Television series.^[11]
• Insiders Guide to Happiness. Television series.^[11]
• Drinking Games. Stage play.^[11]

Editor[edit]

• Great Sporting Moments: The best of Sport magazine 1988-2004, Victoria University Press, 2005.

Albums[edit]

• Group Hug (Austin, 2011)
• The Lines Are Open (Austin, 2014)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Profile at The Whiting Foundation
• Antonella Sarti (1998). "Damien Wilkins". Spiritcarvers. Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-0703-1.