Chris Tse (New Zealand writer)

Chris Tse
Born 1982 (age 35–36)
Lower Hutt
Language English
Residence Wellington, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealander
Alma mater Victoria University of Wellington
Notable works How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes
Notable awards Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry

Chris Tse (born 1982) is a poet and writer from New Zealand.[1][2]

Background

Tse was born in 1982 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. He is of Chinese heritage, which is the subject of some of his work. He studied film and English literature at Victoria University of Wellington, where he also completed a masters in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters.[1][2]

Tse lives and works in Wellington.[1][3]

Works

The major themes of Tse's writing include identity, his Chinese heritage and the experiences of Chinese immigrants to New Zealand in the twentieth century.[4][5]

Tse's first appearance in a major publication was the joint collection AUP New Poets 4 (with Harry Jones and Erin Scudder), published by Auckland University Press in 2011).[6] Tse's section in the book, "Sing Joe", recounts his great-grandfather's immigration to New Zealand at the turn of the twentieth century, as well as Tse's own return to China as an adult.[6][7]

In 2014, Auckland University Press published Tse's first full-length collection, How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes.[8] The collection is a book-length sequence that revisits the 1905 murder of Joe Kum Yung at the hands of the racist Lionel Terry. How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes was a finalist in the poetry category at the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, where it won the Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry.[9][8][10]

Tse's second collection, He's So MASC, was published by Auckland University Press in March 2018.[11] The collection explores themes of identity, sexuality and pop culture.[5][12][13]

Awards

New Zealand Listener/New Zealand Chinese Association Short Story Prize (2009) - "At Two Speeds"[1]

Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry (2016) - How to Be Dead in a Year of Snakes[9][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "New Zealand Book Council". www.bookcouncil.org.nz. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  2. 1 2 "Chris Tse - The University of Auckland". www.press.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  3. ↑ "This reading life: Chris Tse". www.festival.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  4. ↑ "Writing in a Year of Snakes". The Big Idea. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  5. 1 2 "Poetry Shelf interviews Chris Tse". NZ Poetry Shelf. 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  6. 1 2 "AUP New Poets 4 - The University of Auckland". www.press.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  7. ↑ "Hazing with Cricket Balls". Landfall Review Online. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  8. 1 2 3 "How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes by Chris Tse - Books - Auckland University Press - The University of Auckland". www.press.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  9. 1 2 "Past Winners | New Zealand Book Awards Trust". www.nzbookawards.nz. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  10. ↑ "David Coventry and Chris Tse win Best First Books at 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards | International Institute of Modern Letters | Victoria University of Wellington". www.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  11. ↑ "He's So MASC - The University of Auckland". www.press.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  12. ↑ "Chris Tse: he's so MASC". Radio New Zealand. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  13. ↑ "Working Against a System That is Working Against Them: Contemporary LGBTQIA+ Writers in Aotearoa". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
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