Peter Bland
Peter Bland
is a British-New Zealand poet and actor.
Life
He emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 20 and graduated from the Victoria University of Wellington.He worked as a radio producer for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation.
He became closely associated with the Wellington Group which included James K. Baxter and Louis Johnson. He worked in theatre, as co-founder and artistic director of Downstage Theatre from 1964–68.
He returned to Britain in 1970 for a short time but now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
Awards and honours
- 1977 Cholmondeley Award
- Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition, England
- 2011 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement