Kevin Ireland Explained

Kevin Ireland
Birth Name:Kevin Mark Jowsey
Birth Date:18 July 1933
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Death Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation:Writer
Genre:Poetry
Spouse:Janet Wilson

Kevin Mark Ireland (né Jowsey; 18 July 1933 – 19 May 2023) was a New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist and librettist.[1]

Early life and career

Ireland was born Kevin Mark Jowsey in Auckland on 18 July 1933. As an infant he travelled to London with his parents where they lived for a time before returning to New Zealand. Shortly thereafter, his parents' marriage failed and he grew up on his maternal grandfather's Waikato farm, and then in Takapuna where he lived with his father. After leaving school, he studied at Auckland Teachers' College but did not complete a qualification.[2]

After changing his surname by deed poll to Ireland in 1957,[3] he headed to London in 1959 where he remained for twenty-five years (with the interlude of a short interval in Bulgaria, translating Bulgarian poetry into English); for two decades, Ireland was employed by The Times.

In 1986, Ireland was writer-in-residence at the University of Canterbury; in 1987, he was awarded the Sargeson Fellowship; in 1989, he was the University of Auckland's writing fellow, assistant editor of Quote Unquote, and president of PEN, 1990–91.[4]

Personal life and death

Ireland's first wife was Bulgarian film critic Donna Marinova whom he met and wed in Sofia in 1959 https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/350013260/kevin-ireland-look-back-late-poets-great-legacy. After he spent 20 months in Bulgaria, the Communist authorities allowed Donna to leave the country and the young family moved to London. Ten years later they divorced.Ireland's second wife was Phoebe Caroline Dalwood (1940–2007);[5] Ireland had two sons and lived in Devonport, New Zealand.[1] He re-married in 2012 to Professor Janet Mary Wilson.Ireland died after a battle with cancer in Auckland, on 19 May 2023, at the age of 89.[6]

Honours and awards

Works

Short stories

Novels

Editor

Memoirs

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=sbjbBSNoKdgC&dq=Kevin+Ireland+island+28&pg=PA260 Profile
  2. Web site: The interview – Kevin Ireland . Academy of New Zealand Literature . 19 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Deed Poll changing surname. Kevin Mark Ireland (Jowsey) . Archives New Zealand . 19 May 2023.
  4. http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/irelandkevin.html Profile
  5. Web site: 1940-01-01. Ireland, Phoebe Caroline, active 1940-2005. 2020-08-06. Ireland, Phoebe Caroline, active 1940... Items National Library of New Zealand National Library of New Zealand. en.
  6. Web site: Waiwri-Smith . Lyric . Kevin Ireland, award-winning Kiwi poet and writer, dies at 89: 'Going gently into the wild night' . . 18 May 2023.
  7. Web site: Honorary degree citations . Massey University . 29 November 2021.
  8. Web site: Previous winners. Creative New Zealand. 24 October 2013.

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