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Back to the Honoring Authors main page Robert SullivanBorn in 1967, Robert Sullivan is a member of the Nga Puhi iwi of Northland in New Zealand and of the South Island iwi Kai Tahu. He is also of Galway Irish descent. A graduate of Auckland University, his writing is very diverse—he has published books of poetry, graphic novels, and children’s non-fiction. Since 1990 he has written four books of poetry published by Auckland University Press (most recently, Captain Cook in the Underworld, which is also a libretto for a composition by John Psathas), a graphic novel illustrated by Chris Slane called Maui: legends of the outcast, and a children’s book Weaving earth and sky: myths and legends of Aotearoa (Random House) - which won both Book of the Year and the Non-Fiction Category in the 2003 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards. His first book, Jazz Waiata, won the PEN (NZ) Best First Book of Poetry award. In 1998 he was the Literary Fellow at the University of Auckland, and in 2001 the Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Hawai'i. His next book of poetry, Voice Carried My Family, is forthcoming from Auckland University Press in 2005. Currently, Robert Sullivan is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he teaches creative writing and Pacific literature. Sullivan is also a qualified librarian. He has two children and currently lives in Hawaii. For more information, visit http://maven.english.hawaii.edu/faculty/sullivan/sullivan.html Some of Sullivan's Works:Captain Cook in the Underworld
Maui: Legends of the Outcast
Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa
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