Fiona Farrell ONZM (born 1947) is a New Zealand poet, fiction writer
and playwright.Fiona Farrell was raised on a farm in Oamaru, in the
South Island of New Zealand. Her father was Irish Catholic and her
mother was a Scottish Presbyterian. She graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts from the University of Otago in 1968.[1] Farrell moved to Oxford
in the United Kingdom with her husband after graduating and was
enrolled at the University of London in Art History. She and her
husband then moved to Canada where Farrell completed Masters of
Philosophy in Drama at Toronto University.[1][2][3] She worked as a
drama lecturer at the Palmerston North Teachers' College and lived in
Palmerston North from 1976 to 1991 and her first written works were
plays.[4]Farrell has held numerous residencies and been recognised for
her writing in many ways including at the New Zealand Book Awards
where she has been a finalist in all three categories, for fiction,
non-fiction and poetry.[5] Her latest novel, Decline and Fall on
Savage Street, was published in May 2017.[6] The Broken Book, (essays
and poetry) was published by Auckland University Press 2011.[7] She
used to live and write at Otanerito on Banks Peninsula with her
partner Doug Hood, and until April 2017, their Otanerito Beach House
was a stop over point at the Banks Peninsula Track. Farrell is now
based in Dunedin.[8][9][10]
and playwright.Fiona Farrell was raised on a farm in Oamaru, in the
South Island of New Zealand. Her father was Irish Catholic and her
mother was a Scottish Presbyterian. She graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts from the University of Otago in 1968.[1] Farrell moved to Oxford
in the United Kingdom with her husband after graduating and was
enrolled at the University of London in Art History. She and her
husband then moved to Canada where Farrell completed Masters of
Philosophy in Drama at Toronto University.[1][2][3] She worked as a
drama lecturer at the Palmerston North Teachers' College and lived in
Palmerston North from 1976 to 1991 and her first written works were
plays.[4]Farrell has held numerous residencies and been recognised for
her writing in many ways including at the New Zealand Book Awards
where she has been a finalist in all three categories, for fiction,
non-fiction and poetry.[5] Her latest novel, Decline and Fall on
Savage Street, was published in May 2017.[6] The Broken Book, (essays
and poetry) was published by Auckland University Press 2011.[7] She
used to live and write at Otanerito on Banks Peninsula with her
partner Doug Hood, and until April 2017, their Otanerito Beach House
was a stop over point at the Banks Peninsula Track. Farrell is now
based in Dunedin.[8][9][10]
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