Iain Sharp (born 1953 in

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) is a New Zealand poet and critic. Sharp emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1961, where they settled in

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. He studied at

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where he received a doctorate in English in 1982. His doctoral thesis was titled ''Wit at several weapons: a critical edition''. Soon after completing his PhD he qualified as a librarian from the New Zealand Library School. He currently works part-time in the Special Collections Department of Auckland Central City Library, and is also a reviewer, critic and columnist for the '' New Zealand Listener'' magazine.'' The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'', edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (1998)
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Works

* ''Why Mammals Shiver'', Auckland: One Eyed Press, 1981 * ''She Is Trying to Kidnap the Blind Person'', Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985 * ''The Pierrot Variations'', Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985 * ''Two Poets: Selections from the Work of Suzanne Chapman and Iain Sharp'', edited by Suzanne Chapman, Auckland: Auckland English Association, 1985 * ''The Singing Harp'', Paekakariki: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2004 * ''Real Gold: treasures of Auckland City Libraries'', text by Iain Sharp; photographs by Haruhiko Sameshima,

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, 2007 * ''Our Favourite Poems: New Zealanders choose their best-loved poems'', introduction by Iain Sharp, Craig Potton Publishing, 2007, * ''Heaphy: Explorer, Artist, Settler'', Auckland University Press, 2008 * ''Sharing Our Ghosts'', Poems by Joy MacKenzie & Iain Sharp, Auckland: Cumberland Press, 2011

References

1953 births Living people New Zealand poets New Zealand male poets University of Auckland alumni New Zealand people of Scottish descent {{NewZealand-poet-stub