Craig Cliff
Craig Cliff | |
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Born | 1983 Palmerston North |
Occupation | writer |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Genre | fiction |
Craig Cliff (born 1983) is a New Zealand short story writer and novelist.[1]
Background
Craig Cliff was born in Palmerston North in 1983. He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with an MA in Creative Writing.[2]
Career
In 2007, Cliff won the novice category of the 2007 Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award for his short story "Another Language".[3]
He won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book for his short story collection A Man Melting.[4]
His first novel, The Mannequin Makers, was published in 2013. According to Sam Finnimore in The New Zealand Listener, "The Mannequin Makers lives up to its cover blurb billing Cliff as a talent to watch – it’s tremendous, darkly entertaining and original from start to finish."[5] The novel was also published in the US,[6] UK[7] and in Romanian translation.[8]
Nailing Down the Saint, Cliff's second novel, was published in 2019.[9]
From 2010 to 2014, Cliff wrote a fortnightly column for the Dominion Post.[10] He participated in the University of Iowa's International Writing Program in 2013.[11]
In 2015 Cliff was a recipient of Eleanor Catton's Horoeka Grant. In response he wrote an essay on the rise of professional video gaming.[12] He received the 2017 Robert Burns Fellowship.[13]
Works
Short story collections
- A Man Melting Vintage, 2010, ISBN 978-1-86979-192-6
Novels
- The Mannequin Makers Vintage, 2013, ISBN 978-1-77553-384-9
- Nailing Down the Saint Vintage, 2019, ISBN 978-0-14377-374-0
References
- ^ "Craig Cliff - Authors - Random House Books New Zealand". Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Craig Cliff – Christchurch City Libraries". Christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Compelling writing rewards Nixon". The Press. 5 October 2007. p. A3.
- ^ "Winning authors cry the beloved father". Theaustralian.com.au. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Book review: The Mannequin Makers, by Craig Cliff". Listener.co.nz. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ The Mannequin Makers. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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- ^ "Creatorii de manechine". Editura Univers (in Romanian). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Nailing Down the Saint by Craig Cliff". www.penguin.co.nz. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Trout 16: Contributor details". Trout.auckland.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Craig Cliff – The International Writing Program". Iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "'Bellwethers for the Liquid Life: The Rise of Professional Video Gaming and the People Happy to Sit and Watch' by Craig Cliff". Horoekareading.com. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "The Robert Burns Fellowship, Otago Fellows, University of Otago, New Zealand". University of Otago. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
External links
- Author's website
- Author's blog
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- 1959 Ian Cross
- 1960 Maurice Duggan
- 1961 John Caselberg
- 1962 R.A.K. Mason
- 1963 Maurice Shadbolt
- 1964 Maurice Gee
- 1965 Janet Frame
- 1966–67 James K. Baxter
- 1968 Ruth Dallas
- 1969 Warren Dibble
- 1970 O. E. Middleton
- 1971 Noel Hilliard
- 1972 Ian Wedde
- 1973 Graham Billing
- 1974 Hone Tuwhare
- 1975 Witi Ihimaera
- 1976 Sam Hunt
- 1977 Keri Hulme
- 1977–78 Roger Hall
- 1978 Peter Olds
- 1979 Michael A. Noonan
- 1980 Philip Temple
- 1981–82 William Sewell
- 1983 Rawiri Paratene
- 1984 Brian Turner
- 1985–86 Cilla McQueen
- 1987 Robert Lord
- 1988 John Dickson
- 1989 Renée
- 1990 David Eggleton
- 1991 Lynley Hood
- 1992 Owen Marshall
- 1993 Stuart Hoar
- 1994 Christine Johnston
- 1995 Elspeth Sandys
- 1996 Bernadette Hall
- 1997 Paddy Richardson
- 1998–99 Michael King
- 1999 Paula Boock
- 2000 James Norcliffe
- 2001 Jo Randerson
- 2002 Alison Wong
- 2003 Nick Ascroft
- 2003 Sarah Quigley
- 2004 Kate Duignan
- 2005–06 Catherine Chidgey
- 2006 Dianne Ruth Pettis
- 2007 Laurence Fearnley
- 2008 Sue Wootton
- 2009 Michael Harlow
- 2010 Michele Powles
- 2011 Fiona Farrell
- 2012 Emma Neale
- 2013 David Howard
- 2014 Majella Cullinane
- 2015 Louise Wallace
- 2016 Victor Rodger
- 2017 Craig Cliff
- 2018 Rhian Gallagher
- 2019 Emily Duncan
- 2020 John Newton
- 2021 Becky Manawatu
- 2022 Albert Belz
- 2023 Kathryn van Beek
- 2024 Mikaela Nyman