Louise Wallace (writer)


Louise Wallace is a New Zealand poet.

Background

Wallace was born in Gisborne in 1983. She received a BA from Victoria University of Wellington in 2004 and an MA in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters in 2008.

Works

Wallace's writing explores family stories and relationships, travel, and music.
Her poems have appeared in many literary journals, including Akzente, Landfall, Meanjin, Snorkel, Sport, and Turbine. Her work has also been published in the Best New Zealand Poems series and Essential New Zealand Poems: Facing the Empty Page.
Collected works of poems by Wallace include:
Wallace is the founder and editor of Starling, a literary journal showcasing young New Zealand writers.
Wallace has taught creative writing at Massey University and the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.

Awards

In 2015 she received the Robert Burns Fellowship, a literary residency with the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. While at Victoria University of Wellington, she was awarded the Biggs Prize for Poetry.