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Michele Leggott
Michele Leggott was the inaugural New Zealand Poet Laureate 2007-2009 and recieved the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry in 2013. She is the author of nine ...view moreMichele Leggott was the inaugural New Zealand Poet Laureate 2007-2009 and recieved the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry in 2013. She is the author of nine books of poetry, including, "Vanishing Points," "Heartland," "Mirabile Dictu," and "Journey to Portugal." Legott's latest work, "Mezzaluna: Selected Poems," published in 2020, gathers poems from all nine of her previous collections. Legott lives in Auckland, where she teaches in the English Department at the University of Auckland.view less