Craig Cliff Explained

Craig Cliff
Birth Date:1983
Birth Place:Palmerston North
Occupation:writer
Nationality:New Zealand
Alma Mater:Victoria University of Wellington
Genre:fiction

Craig Cliff (born 1983) is a New Zealand short story writer and novelist.[1]

Background

Craig Cliff was born in Palmerston North in 1983. He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with an MA in Creative Writing.[2]

Career

In 2007, Cliff won the novice category of the 2007 Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award for his short story "Another Language".[3]

He won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book for his short story collection A Man Melting.[4]

His first novel, The Mannequin Makers, was published in 2013. According to Sam Finnimore in The New Zealand Listener, "The Mannequin Makers lives up to its cover blurb billing Cliff as a talent to watch – it’s tremendous, darkly entertaining and original from start to finish."[5] The novel was also published in the US,[6] UK[7] and in Romanian translation.[8]

Nailing Down the Saint, Cliff's second novel, was published in 2019.[9]

From 2010 to 2014, Cliff wrote a fortnightly column for the Dominion Post.[10] He participated in the University of Iowa's International Writing Program in 2013.[11]

In 2015 Cliff was a recipient of Eleanor Catton's Horoeka Grant. In response he wrote an essay on the rise of professional video gaming.[12] He received the 2017 Robert Burns Fellowship.[13]

Works

Short story collections

Novels

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Craig Cliff - Authors - Random House Books New Zealand . 9 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112627/http://www.randomhouse.co.nz/authors/craig-cliff.aspx . 28 January 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: Craig Cliff – Christchurch City Libraries. Christchurchcitylibraries.com. 26 November 2017.
  3. News: Compelling writing rewards Nixon . The Press . 5 October 2007 . A3.
  4. Web site: Winning authors cry the beloved father. 22 May 2011. Theaustralian.com.au. 26 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Book review: The Mannequin Makers, by Craig Cliff . Listener.co.nz. 26 November 2017.
  6. Book: The Mannequin Makers. 2017-01-26. Milkweed Editions. en. 2019-08-16.
  7. Book: Books, Melville House. MELVILLE HOUSE UK: THE MANNEQUIN MAKERS » Melville House Books. June 2019. en-US.
  8. Web site: Creatorii de manechine. Editura Univers. ro-RO. 2019-08-16.
  9. Web site: Nailing Down the Saint by Craig Cliff. www.penguin.co.nz. en. 2019-08-16.
  10. Web site: Trout 16: Contributor details. Trout.auckland.ac.nz. 26 November 2017. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090656/http://www.trout.auckland.ac.nz/journal/16/author.html?a=CraigCliff. dead.
  11. Web site: Craig Cliff – The International Writing Program. Iwp.uiowa.edu. 26 November 2017.
  12. Web site: 'Bellwethers for the Liquid Life: The Rise of Professional Video Gaming and the People Happy to Sit and Watch' by Craig Cliff. 4 June 2015. Horoekareading.com. 26 November 2017.
  13. Web site: The Robert Burns Fellowship, Otago Fellows, University of Otago, New Zealand. University of Otago. en-nz. 26 November 2017.

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