Marilyn Duckworth

Marilyn Duckworth OBE (born 10 November 1935 in New Zealand) is a novelist, poet and short story writer. She has published sixteen novels, one novella, a collection of short stories and a collection of poetry. She has also written for television and radio.

Early life

Duckworth was born in Auckland, but spent the years between 1939 and 1947 in England. Her sister is the poet Fleur Adcock. Duckworth’s first novel A Gap in the Spectrum was published when she was twenty-three.

Bibliography

• A Gap in the Spectrum (1959)
• The Matchbox House (1960)
• A Barbarous Tongue (1963)
• Over the Fence Is Out (1969).
• Other Lovers' Children: Poems 1958–74 (1975)
• Disorderly Conduct (1984)
• Married Alive (1985)
• Rest for the Wicked (1986)
• Pulling Faces (1987)
• A Message from Harpo (1989)
• Explosions in the Sun (1989), a volume of short stories
• Unlawful Entry (1992)
• Seeing Red (1993)
• Fooling (1994), a novella
• Leather Wings (1995)
• Cherries on a Plate: New Zealand Writers Talk About Their Sisters (1996 ) (editor)
• Studmuffin (1997)
• Camping on the Faultline (2000), a memoir
• Swallowing Diamonds (2003)
• Playing Friends (2007)

Awards and nominations

• New Zealand Literary Fund Award for Achievement for A Barbarous Tongue (1963)
• New Zealand Book Award:Fiction for Disorderly Conduct (1985)
• Wattie Book of the Year Award (shortlisted) for Disorderly Conduct (1985)
• OBE for services to literature (1987)
• Commonwealth Writers' Prize (shortlisted) for Leather Wings (1996)

Fellowships and grants

• Literary Fund Scholarship in Letters (1961 and 1972)
• Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, Menton, France (1980)
• Fulbright Visiting Writer's Fellowship, USA (1987)
• Australia New Zealand Writers' Exchange Fellowship (1989)
• Victoria University of Wellington Writer's Fellowship (1990)
• Arts Council NZ Scholarship In Letters (1993)
• Hawthornden Writing fellowship, Scotland (1994)
• Sargeson Writing Fellowship, Auckland (1995)
• Auckland University Literary Fellowship (1996)
• Ucross Foundation Residency, Wyoming USA (1997)
• Millay Arts Centre Residency, New York State USA (2001)

Plays broadcast on radio

• Feet First (Radio New Zealand) (1981)
• Home to Mother (Radio New Zealand) (1976)
• A Gap in the Spectrum (Radio New Zealand) (1972)
• A Barbarous Tongue (Radio New Zealand) (adaptaion of own work for Radio New Zealand) (1973)

Television Scripts

Close to Home scripts (5 for channel one Television New Zealand) (1975–1976)

References

• The New Zealand Book Council
• The New Zealand Literature File

External links

• List of New Zealand literary figures

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