Rosetta Allan

Rosetta Allan is an author and poet from Auckland, New Zealand, who rose to prominence in 2014 with her novel Purgatory[1] which was based on the 1865 murder of an Otahuhu family. [2]Her literary roots are planted in the field of poetry publishing her debut collection, Little Rock in 2007 and her second Over lunch in 2010.[3]

In 2012, Rosetta began researching the history of European settlement in New Zealand[4] so that she could further understand her own family tree. Whilst researching her family tree, she discovered the murder of John Finnigan was slain alongside his mother and two brothers. The incident was referred to as the 1865 Otahuhu Murders and forms the basis for her novel, Purgatory. [5]

From Ireland, to Australia, to New Zealand, Purgatory explores colonisation of both Ireland and New Zealand, the Waikato Wars, settlement of the 65th regiment as well as the Fencible soldiers and their families, transportation of criminals from Europe, the Irish potato famine, Irish Catholic religion, Irish superstition and mythology, Maori mythology, and murder in the early years of European settlement in New Zealand.


Publications

  • Little Rock, 2007. [6]
  • Over Lunch, 2010.[6]
  • Purgatory, 2014.[7]

Awards

  • Kathleen Grattan Award for Best Series of Poetry 2010[8]
  • the Metonymy Best Poem Award (2010)[9]
  • South Pacific Pictures Emerging writer’s lab internship winner 2011[10]


Academic work

In April 2016, Rosetta was appointed Writer-in-Residence at St Petersburg University in Russia. [11]

During her year in the Masters of Creative Writing programme (2017) at the University of Auckland Rosetta was awarded a Sir James Wallace Master of Creative Writing Scholarship

In February 2018, Rosetta was appointed Writer in Residence at the Michael King Writer's Centre

References

  1. ↑ "Purgatory by Rosetta Allan". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Sign IN - Open University". doi:10.1177/0021989415609499#articlecitationdownloadcontainer.
  3. ↑ "Rosetta Allan - Griffith Review". Griffith Review. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. ↑ "NZ Booklovers". NZ Booklovers. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. ↑ McCrystal, John (2014-06-20). "Book review: Purgatory". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. 1 2 "Rosetta Allan". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  7. ↑ "Purgatory". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  8. ↑ "Kathleen Grattan Award". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  9. ↑ "Metonymy". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  10. ↑ "Writers' Mentorship Programme | South Pacific Pictures". South Pacific Pictures. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  11. ↑ "Rosetta Allan – Academy of New Zealand Literature". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
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