Sheridan Keith

Sheridan Keith
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation
  • Author
  • artist
  • broadcaster
  • curator
NationalityNew Zealander
Notable worksZoology (1995)

Sheridan Keith (born 1942) is a New Zealand author, artist, broadcaster and curator.

Life and career

Keith was born in Wellington in 1942.[1][2] She is the daughter of ceramic artist and painter June Black.[3] She studied zoology and English literature at Victoria University of Wellington.[4] During the 1960s she spent a decade living in London, and returned to New Zealand in 1974, where she worked as a journalist for several years before beginning to write fiction.[1]

Her work has included broadcasting, journalism and teaching creative writing, and her writing has been published in The London Magazine, Landfall, the New Zealand Listener and other magazines.[4] Her first collection of short stories, Shallow are the Smiles at the Supermarket (1991) was shortlisted in the Best First Book category of the Commonwealth Writers Prize.[4] Her first novel, Zoology (1995), grew out of a short story included in her second collection of short stories, Animal Passions (1992).[1] It won the Fiction Award at the 1996 Montana Book Awards.[4][5] Academic Terry Sturm said Keith's short stories "focus on the practices and aspirations of women in a demanding world".[6]

Since around 1995, Keith has owned a gallery called Blikfang Art and Antiques in Northcote, a suburb of Auckland.[4][3][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sharp, Iain (4 August 1996). "Sexuality fascinates book awards winner". Sunday Star-Times. p. E6.
  2. ^ "Keith, Sheridan". Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Downs, Sarah (13 August 2017). "Favourite Things: Artist and Author Sheridan Keith". Viva. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e Cooper, Ronda (2006). "Keith, Sheridan". In Robinson, Roger; Wattie, Nelson (eds.). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195583489.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-1917-3519-6. OCLC 865265749. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Past Winners: 1995". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. ^ Sturm, Terry (1991). The Oxford history of New Zealand literature in English. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. p. 313. ISBN 0-19-558211-X. OCLC 24378310.
  7. ^ "North Shore treasure trove". The New Zealand Herald. 11 March 2005.


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