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Winners of the 2020 Prime Minister’s Awards for literary achievement Tessa Duder, Sir Tīmoti Kāretu, and Jenny Bornholdt.
Poetry is everything to Jenny Bornholdt.
A recipient of the Arts Foundation and a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, the 30-year-old anthologist and poet is one of three New Zealanders to be honored at this year’s Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, taking home the accolade for poetry.
Renowned Maori language scholar, author, translator and speaker Sir Tīmoti Kāretu was honored in the non-fiction category, while critically acclaimed children’s writer Tessa Duder took home the award in the fiction section.
Bornholdt says his work has changed over the years, particularly its form. “[Poetry] it means everything to me … I guess it’s a way of thinking about the world and my place in it. “
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Author Tessa Duder received the fiction award.
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In addition to his own work, he has noticed that the nature of poetry in New Zealand is changing. Young poets are now published more widely, they are more confident and skilled.
“They are talking a lot about racial issues, sexuality issues. I think he’s very brave. It is a new type of voice that we are hearing … it is a great liberation what is happening, ”she says.
His best advice to poets was to share the work with other writers.
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Sir Tīmoti Kāretu, the country’s first Maori language commissioner, was honored in the non-fiction category for his lifetime of knowledge of the Maori dance arts told in te reo Maori.
“And read. Read a lot, read everything … Read poetry, read non-fiction, read anything. It gives you ideas about the forms that language can take and the liveliness you can achieve.”
Kāretu, whose whakapapa is Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu, says that, as Bornholdt has noted with poetry, he has seen changes in social attitudes towards Te reo Maori.
“He has a higher profile than he has now than he has for a long time. Things like waiata … the weather is much more receptive … much warmer. “
Kāretu was the first Maori language commissioner between 1987 and 1999, and in 2017 he was knighted for his services to the Maori language.
You still remember back in the 1980s when you tried to advertise a staff member on The Dominion In you reo that they told him “what is the point” and having to translate it, which “is no longer the case”, but it shows how far the country had come.
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Jenny Bornholdt was awarded the 2020 Prime Minister’s Prize for Poetry Literary Achievement.
“This generation of Maori speakers is much more dedicated than their grandparents … much more critical, dedicated, aware. It is a very good time to live in New Zealand. “
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is also Associate Minister for Arts and Culture, congratulated the three laureates. “Thank you for your important contribution to New Zealand literature, your storytelling and the legacy you have created.”
Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement were established in 2003 to recognize New Zealand writers who have made significant contributions to the genres of nonfiction, poetry and fiction.
Each of the honorees will receive $ 60,000 in recognition of their contributions.
A live online panel with recipients reading and talking about their work, hosted by broadcaster John Campbell, will take place Tuesday, November 24 from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm on Facebook and YouTube.
