Helen Heath

Dr
Helen Heath
Born 1970 (age 47–48)
Language English
Residence Wellington, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealander
Alma mater Victoria University of Wellington
Genre Poetry
Notable works Graft
Notable awards NZSA Jessie McKay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Website
Official website

Helen Heath (born 1970) is a poet from New Zealand.

Background

Heath is based in Wellington, New Zealand.[1] She received her MA and PhD in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, at the Victoria University of Wellington.[2] She is currently the publishing programme leader at Whitireia Publishing (part of Whitireia Community Polytechnic).[3][4]

Works

Heath's poetry explores ideas of science, motherhood and grief, and she draws inspiration from scientists such as Isaac Newton.[2]

Heath's first published work was the chapbook, Watching the Smoke. In 2012 she published her first poetry collection, Graft.[1] Her upcoming book, Are Friends Electric? is due to be published in 2018 by Victoria University Press.[3]

Heath has also been published in the Best New Zealand Poems series (2012)[5] and literary journals, including Turbine,[6] Swamp,[7] 4th Floor,[8] and Snorkel.[9]

Awards

Graft won the 2013 NZSA Jessie McKay Best First Book Award for Poetry at the New Zealand Post Book Awards.[10]

The scientific perspective of the poetry in Graft led her poem ‘Making Tea in the Universe’ to win the 2011 inaugural Science Teller Poetry Award. In 2013, the collection became the first book of poetry or fiction work to be shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.[1] The book was also listed in the New Zealand Listener's Top 100 Books of 2012.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Helen Heath". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 Somerset, Guy (18 July 2013). "Guy Somerset interviews poet Helen Heath - The Listener". Noted. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Helen Heath Products". Victoria University Press. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Dr Helen Heath". Whitireia Publishing. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Best New Zealand Poems 2012". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Turbine | Kapohau 2016". Turbine | Kapohau. 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Heath, Helen. "Plum". Swamp. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "About Us". 4th Floor Literary Journal. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Snorkel #17: Contents". Snorkel. April 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "The 100 best books of 2012". The Listener. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

Official website

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