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{{Short description|New Zealand poet (born 1949)}}
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'''Priscilla Muriel "Cilla" McQueen''' (born 22 January 1949 in [[Birmingham]], [[England]]) is a [[poet]] and three-time winner of the ''New Zealand Book Award'' for [[Poetry]].<ref>[http://www.poetrycafe.co.nz/biographies/cilla-mcqueen.htm New Zealand Poetry - Biography - Cilla McQueen<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.otago.ac.nz/press/booksauthors/2006/wind_harp.html Cilla McQueen, A Wind Harp, Otago University Press, New Zealand<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
'''Priscilla Muriel McQueen''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born 22 January 1949 in [[Birmingham]], England) is a [[poet]] and three-time winner of the ''New Zealand Book Award'' for [[Poetry]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031072448/http://www.poetrycafe.co.nz/biographies/cilla-mcqueen.htm New Zealand Poetry – Biography – Cilla McQueen<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.otago.ac.nz/press/booksauthors/2006/wind_harp.html Cilla McQueen, A Wind Harp, Otago University Press, New Zealand<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Early years and education==
==Early years and education==
McQueen's family moved to [[New Zealand]] when she was four. She was educated at [[Columba College]] in [[Dunedin]] and [[University of Otago]] ([[Master's Degree|Master's]] with first-class Honours in 1971).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/mcqueencilla.html |title=McQUEEN, Cilla<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2 February 2006 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313135226/http://bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/mcqueencilla.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Literature by University of Otago in 2008.<ref>University of Otago 2008 Annual Report</ref>
McQueen's family moved to [[New Zealand]] when she was four.
She was educated at [[Columba College]] in [[Dunedin]] and [[University of Otago]] ([[Master's Degree|Master's]] with first-class Honours in 1971).<ref>[http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/mcqueencilla.html McQUEEN, Cilla<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
A poet and artist, she has published eleven collections and a CD of her [[poetry]]. In 2010 she was named [[New Zealand Poet Laureate]]. She also received the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement (Poetry) in 2010. Other awards include: NZ Book Award for Poetry 1983, 1989 and 1991; [[Robert Burns Fellowship]] at Otago University 1985 & 1986; Fulbright Visiting Writer’s Fellowship 1985; Inaugural Australia-New Zealand Writer’s Exchange Fellowship 1987; Goethe Institute Scholarship to Berlin 1988; NZ Queen Elizabeth Arts Council Scholarship in Letters 1992. Her most recent works are a CD of McQueen reading her poems ("A Wind Harp", from Otago University Press) and a 2010 volume of new poems and drawings "The Radio Room" (Otago University Press).
A poet and artist, she has published many collections, including two sound recordings and two selected works, of her [[poetry]]. In 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title = The New Zealand Poet Laureate blog: Cilla McQueen, New Zealand Poet Laureate 2009-2011|url = http://www.poetlaureate.org.nz/p/cilla-mcqueen.html|website = www.poetlaureate.org.nz|access-date = 2016-02-07}}</ref> she was named [[New Zealand Poet Laureate]]. She also received the [[Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement]] (Poetry) in 2010.<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]] |access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> Other awards include: NZ Book Award for Poetry 1983, 1989 and 1991; [[Robert Burns Fellowship]] at Otago University 1985 & 1986; Fulbright Visiting Writer's Fellowship 1985; Inaugural Australia-New Zealand Writer's Exchange Fellowship 1987; Goethe Institute Scholarship to Berlin 1988; NZ Queen Elizabeth Arts Council Scholarship in Letters 1992. Her most recent works are ''In a Slant Light'', a poet's memoir (2016, Otago University Press), ''Poeta: Selected and New Poems'' (2018, Otago University Press), and a chapbook ''Qualia'' that is bundled with five other chapbooks by New Zealand poets in ''Bundle 1'' (Maungatua Press 2020).


In 1999 McQueen was awarded the [[Southland Art Foundation Artist in Residence]] award, which allowed her to develop both poetry and painting simultaneously.
In 1999 McQueen was awarded the [[Southland Art Foundation Artist in Residence]] award, which allowed her to develop both poetry and painting simultaneously. Recent exhibitions of her art work include "Picture Poem", works by Cilla McQueen and [[Joanna Paul]], at the Hocken Library, Dunedin, 2015 and an exhibition of intuitive musical scores, "What Happens", at the Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, 2015.


Cilla McQueen's poems include themes of homeland and loss, indigeneity, colonisation and displacement. She writes as a descendant of the colonised on St Kilda in the Hebrides. Her writing also reflects her engagement with the history and present reality of the Maori people of Murihiku.
Cilla McQueen's poems include themes of homeland and loss, indigeneity, colonisation and displacement. She writes as a descendant of the people of the remote (and now abandoned) archipelago of St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides. Her writing also reflects her engagement with the history and present reality of the Maori people of Murihiku.

In the [[2020 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2020 Queen's Birthday Honours]], McQueen was appointed a [[Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services as a poet.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2020 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2020 |date=1 June 2020 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
McQueen was married to New Zealand artist [[Ralph Hotere]] from 1973 until the 1990s, and together they set up a studio and living space at [[Careys Bay]], near [[Port Chalmers]]. She currently lives in [[Bluff, New Zealand|Bluff]], at the southern tip of New Zealand’s South Island.
McQueen was married to New Zealand artist [[Ralph Hotere]] from 1973 until the 1990s, and together they set up a studio and living space at [[Careys Bay]], near [[Port Chalmers]]. She currently lives in [[Bluff, New Zealand|Bluff]], at the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}


==Works==
==Works==
McQueen's work includes a variety of poetry books and poems over the past twenty-five years, including these volumes:<ref>[http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/mcqueen.htm Cilla McQueen - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
McQueen's work includes a variety of poetry books and poems over the past twenty-five years, including these volumes:<ref>[https://natlib.govt.nz/items?i%5Bcreator_text%5D=Cilla+McQueen&il%5Bcategory%5D=Books National Library, Cilla McQueen, Books]</ref><ref>[http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/mcqueen.htm Cilla McQueen – NZ Literature File – LEARN – The University Of Auckland Library<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060306024955/http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/mcqueen.htm |date=March 6, 2006 }}</ref>
[[File:Cilla McQueen memorial plaque in Dunedin.jpg|thumb|Plaque dedicated to Cilla McQueen in Dunedin, on the Writers'

Walk on the Octagon]]
* 1982: ''Homing In''
* 1984: ''Anti Gravity''
* 1982: ''Homing In'', John McIndoe
* 1986: ''Wild Sweets''
* 1984: ''Anti Gravity'', McIndoe
* 1988: ''Benzina''
* 1985: ''Buick Electra''
* 1990: ''Berlin Diary''
* 1986: ''Wild Sweets'', McIndoe
* 1993: ''Crikey''
* 1988: ''Benzina'', John McIndoe
* 1989: ''Otherwise'', recording on cassette, featuring music by Alistair MacDougall
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* 2000: ''Markings'', Otago University Press
* 2001: ''Axis'', Otago University Press
* 1990: ''Berlin Diary'', John McIndoe
* 1993: ''Crik'ey: New and Selected Poems, 1978-1994'', McIndoe Publishers
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* 2002: ''Soundings'', Otago University Press
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* 2000: ''Markings: Poems and Drawings'', Otago University Press
* 2001: ''Axis: Poems and Drawings'', Otago University Press
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* 2002: ''Soundings: Poems and Drawings'', Otago University Press
* 2005: ''Fire-penny'', Otago University Press
* 2005: ''Fire-penny'', Otago University Press
* 2006: ''A Wind Harp'' (compact disc)
* 2006: ''A Wind Harp'' (compact disc)
* 2010: "The Radio Room", Otago University Press
* 2010: ''The Radio Room'', Otago University Press
* 2014: ''Edwin's Egg and Other Poetic Novellas'', Otago University Press
* 2014: ''An Island'', letterpress edition, Mirrorcity Press
* 2016: ''In a Slant Light: A Poet's Memoir'', Otago University Press
* 2018: ''Poeta: Selected and New Poems'', Otago University Press
* 2020: ''Qualia'', one of six chapbooks in ''Bundle 1'', Maungatua Press


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.otago.ac.nz/press/booksauthors/otagoauthors/cillamcqueen.html Cilla McQueen Poems]
* [http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/authors/mcqueen/harlow.asp Interview with Cilla McQueen]
* [http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/authors/mcqueen/harlow.asp Interview with Cilla McQueen]
* [http://tvnzondemand.co.nz/content/kaleidoscope_cilla_mcqueen_84/ondemand_video_skin McQueen on video reading poems]
* [http://tvnzondemand.co.nz/content/kaleidoscope_cilla_mcqueen_84/ondemand_video_skin McQueen on video reading poems]
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Latest revision as of 18:46, 9 April 2024

Cilla McQueen

MNZM
McQueen in 2020
McQueen in 2020
BornPriscilla Muriel McQueen
(1949-01-22) 22 January 1949 (age 75)
Birmingham, England
OccupationPoet
Spouse
Ralph Hotere
​
(m. 1974⁠–⁠1986)​

Priscilla Muriel McQueen MNZM (born 22 January 1949 in Birmingham, England) is a poet and three-time winner of the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry.[1][2]

Early years and education[edit]

McQueen's family moved to New Zealand when she was four. She was educated at Columba College in Dunedin and University of Otago (Master's with first-class Honours in 1971).[3] She was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Literature by University of Otago in 2008.[4]

Career[edit]

A poet and artist, she has published many collections, including two sound recordings and two selected works, of her poetry. In 2009[5] she was named New Zealand Poet Laureate. She also received the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement (Poetry) in 2010.[6] Other awards include: NZ Book Award for Poetry 1983, 1989 and 1991; Robert Burns Fellowship at Otago University 1985 & 1986; Fulbright Visiting Writer's Fellowship 1985; Inaugural Australia-New Zealand Writer's Exchange Fellowship 1987; Goethe Institute Scholarship to Berlin 1988; NZ Queen Elizabeth Arts Council Scholarship in Letters 1992. Her most recent works are In a Slant Light, a poet's memoir (2016, Otago University Press), Poeta: Selected and New Poems (2018, Otago University Press), and a chapbook Qualia that is bundled with five other chapbooks by New Zealand poets in Bundle 1 (Maungatua Press 2020).

In 1999 McQueen was awarded the Southland Art Foundation Artist in Residence award, which allowed her to develop both poetry and painting simultaneously. Recent exhibitions of her art work include "Picture Poem", works by Cilla McQueen and Joanna Paul, at the Hocken Library, Dunedin, 2015 and an exhibition of intuitive musical scores, "What Happens", at the Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, 2015.

Cilla McQueen's poems include themes of homeland and loss, indigeneity, colonisation and displacement. She writes as a descendant of the people of the remote (and now abandoned) archipelago of St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides. Her writing also reflects her engagement with the history and present reality of the Maori people of Murihiku.

In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, McQueen was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a poet.[7]

Personal life[edit]

McQueen was married to New Zealand artist Ralph Hotere from 1973 until the 1990s, and together they set up a studio and living space at Careys Bay, near Port Chalmers. She currently lives in Bluff, at the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island.[citation needed]

Works[edit]

McQueen's work includes a variety of poetry books and poems over the past twenty-five years, including these volumes:[8][9]

Plaque dedicated to Cilla McQueen in Dunedin, on the Writers' Walk on the Octagon
  • 1982: Homing In, John McIndoe
  • 1984: Anti Gravity, McIndoe
  • 1985: Buick Electra
  • 1986: Wild Sweets, McIndoe
  • 1988: Benzina, John McIndoe
  • 1989: Otherwise, recording on cassette, featuring music by Alistair MacDougall
  • 1990: Berlin Diary, John McIndoe
  • 1993: Crik'ey: New and Selected Poems, 1978-1994, McIndoe Publishers
  • 2000: Markings: Poems and Drawings, Otago University Press
  • 2001: Axis: Poems and Drawings, Otago University Press
  • 2002: Soundings: Poems and Drawings, Otago University Press
  • 2005: Fire-penny, Otago University Press
  • 2006: A Wind Harp (compact disc)
  • 2010: The Radio Room, Otago University Press
  • 2014: Edwin's Egg and Other Poetic Novellas, Otago University Press
  • 2014: An Island, letterpress edition, Mirrorcity Press
  • 2016: In a Slant Light: A Poet's Memoir, Otago University Press
  • 2018: Poeta: Selected and New Poems, Otago University Press
  • 2020: Qualia, one of six chapbooks in Bundle 1, Maungatua Press

References[edit]

  1. ^ New Zealand Poetry – Biography – Cilla McQueen
  2. ^ Cilla McQueen, A Wind Harp, Otago University Press, New Zealand
  3. ^ "McQUEEN, Cilla". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2006.
  4. ^ University of Otago 2008 Annual Report
  5. ^ "The New Zealand Poet Laureate blog: Cilla McQueen, New Zealand Poet Laureate 2009-2011". www.poetlaureate.org.nz. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Previous winners". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2020". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  8. ^ National Library, Cilla McQueen, Books
  9. ^ Cilla McQueen – NZ Literature File – LEARN – The University Of Auckland Library Archived March 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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