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Neither Here nor There: The Writing of Wystan Curnow 1961-1984.
Wystan Curnow
New Zealand art critic
CNZM Wystan Curnow | |
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Wystan Curnow 2013 | |
| Born | 1939 |
| Occupation | Art critic, poet, academic and independent curator |
| Subject | Contemporary New Zealand art, Billy Apple and Colin McCahon |
| Notable awards | 2018 Non-fiction Award: New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement |
Wystan Tremayne Le Cren CurnowCNZM (born 1939) is a New Zealand art critic, poet, academic, arts administrator, and independent curator.
Wystan curnow biography of mahatma
He is the son of Elizabeth Curnow, a painter and printmaker, and poet Allen Curnow.[1]
Biography
Curnow was born in Christchurch in 1939 to Elizabeth and Allen Curnow. He was named after the modernist poet W.H.
Auden (Wystan Hugh). His parents' home in the Christchurch suburb of Merivale was a hub for writers, artists, actors, and composers. Allen Curnow was closely associated with Denis Glover's flagship publishing business, Caxton Press, and the group of writers around this project, inc