Anne Kennedy is a novelist, poet and film writer who has been appointed the Victoria University of Wellington and Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for 2016. Since her 1988 novella 100 Traditional Smiles, Ms Kennedy, a Victoria University graduate, has been seen as one of New Zealand¿s most original and gifted writers. She has twice been awarded New Zealand¿s top prize for poetry and her most recent novel, The Last Days of the National Costume, was a finalist in the 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards. She has also written screenplays for seminal New Zealand short films such as Jewel¿s Darl (from her own BNZ-Katherine Mansfield-award-winning story) and Danny and Raewyn and the features Crush and The Monkey¿s Mask.
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