About Elizabeth Nannestad
Born 1956. Elizabeth Nannestad is a New Zealand poet and writer.
Elizabeth Nannestad (born 1956 in Browns Bay, Auckland) is a New Zealand poet.
Life She studied medicine at Otago University and has worked as a doctor and forensic psychiatrist. She lives and works in Auckland.
Her work has been published in Sport, Poetry New Zealand, Landfall and Islands.
Awards 1987 New Zealand Book Award for Poetry with Allen Curnow
Works "Immediately After", Seeing voices
Anthologies My Heart Goes Swimming: New Zealand Love Poems (1996)
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