Michael Rudd (poet)

For the British actor, see Michael Rudd.

Michael Rudd is a New Zealand performance poet. He won a number of slams during time he spent living in Australia, and was a finalist in the Poetry Olympics.^[1]

Michael Rudd is also a prolific poetry-events organiser having established numerous poetry reading and open mic nights over the years, around Auckland in NZ and in Melbourne and Sydney in Australia.^[2]

He is well known for his role in MCing the Going West Poetry Slam, which has been running annually in West Auckland since 2004.

References

1. ^ New Zealand Poetry - Michael Rudd - Biography
2. ^ http://www.archive.org/download/Goingwestslam2007/waitakere.govt.nz20080608.pdf

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