Kay McKenzie Cooke

Kay McKenzie Cooke (born 1953) is a poet from New Zealand.

Kay McKenzie Cooke
Born1953 (age 67–68)
NationalityNew Zealander
GenrePoetry
Notable worksFeeding the Dogs
Notable awardsZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry

Background

Cooke was born in 1953 in Orepuki, Southland, New Zealand.[1] She is of Kāti Māmoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, British, and Irish descent. She attended the Dunedin Teachers' College and worked in the Early Childhood Sector.[2] Cooke currently lives in Dunedin.[3][4]

Career

Cooke's has published three collections of poems:

  • Feeding the Dogs (2002, Otago University Press)
  • Made for Weather: Poems by Kay McKenzie Cooke (2007, Otago University Press)
  • Born to a Red-Headed Woman (2014, Otago University Press)

Cooke has been published in the 2014 Best New Zealand Poems series and her work was praised in the 2007 edition.[5][6] She was included in The Second New Zealand Haiku Anthology[7] and Cordite Poetry Review.[8] Her work has also appeared in a number of literary journals and magazines including: Takahe, New Zealand Listener, Sport, JAAM, Southern Ocean Review, Trout, Glottis, and Poetry New Zealand.[2]

Cooke has collaborated with fellow poet Jenny Powell to create 'J&K Rolling Outrider Poetry', a project to discover and promote poetry in the rural areas of New Zealand.[9]

Awards

In 2003 Cooke's collection, Feeding the Dogs won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry at the New Zealand Book Awards.[10]

References
  1. "Kay McKenzie Cooke". Bellamys at Five. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. "Kay McKenzie Cooke". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. "Kay McKenzie Cooke". Shenandoah Literary. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. "Kay McKenzie Cooke". New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. "Best New Zealand Poems 2007". victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  6. "Best New Zealand Poems 2014". victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  7. Childs, Cyril (editor) (1998). The Second New Zealand Haiku Anthology. New Zealand Poetry Society. ISBN 9780473053741.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  8. "83: Mathematics". Cordite Poetry Review. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  9. "Kay Cooke". New Zealand Society of Authors & Writers Association. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  10. "Montana New Zealand Book Awards". Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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