Sir Vincent O'Sullivan | |
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9th New Zealand Poet Laureate | |
In office 2013–2015 | |
Preceded by | Ian Wedde |
Succeeded by | C. K. Stead |
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Born | Vincent Gerard O'Sullivan 28 September 1937 Auckland, New Zealand |
Died | 28 April 2024 Dunedin, New Zealand | (aged 86)
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Dominic O'Sullivan (son) |
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Sir Vincent Gerard O'Sullivan KNZM (28 September 1937 – 28 April 2024) was a New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic, editor, biographer, librettist, and academic. From 1988 to 2004 he was a professor of English literature at Victoria University of Wellington, and in 2013 he was appointed the New Zealand Poet Laureate.