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Elizabeth Caffin

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Elizabeth Palmer Caffin MNZM is a writer, editor and publisher from New Zealand.[1]

Caffin began her publishing career with a position at Reed Publishing in 1976.[2] She was later the director of Auckland University Press for more than ten years. She is a kaitiaki of the Alexander Turnbull Library, and has served on a number of arts bodies including the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, the Press Council, the Literary Fund Advisory Council and Book Publishers Association of New Zealand.[3]

Publications

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  • Introducing Katherine Mansfield (1982), Longman Paul[4]
  • The Deepening Stream: A History of the New Zealand Literary Fund (with Andrew Mason, 2016), Victoria University Press[5]
  • Allen Curnow: Collected Poems (with Terry Sturm, 2017), Auckland University Press[6]

Recognition

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In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Caffin was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature.[7] In 2009, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Auckland.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Writer: Elizabeth Caffin - Writers • Auckland Writers Festival". www.writersfestival.co.nz. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Elizabeth Caffin - Poetry at Auckland University Press - ka mate ka ora - nzepc". www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Scoop Review of Books » Former Winner Now a Judge". books.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ^ Caffin, Elizabeth (1982). Introducing Katherine Mansfield. Introducing New Zealand writers. Auckland, N.Z: Longman Paul. ISBN 0582683750.
  5. ^ "Elizabeth Caffin and Andrew Mason – The Deepening Stream". takahē magazine. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Lucire: A grand tribute to Allen Curnow". lucire.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Queen's birthday honours 2005: The full list of honoured New Zealanders". NZ Herald. 5 June 2005. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Honorary graduates". University of Auckland. Retrieved 8 August 2021.