Anna Smaill was born on April 1979 and is a New Zealand poet and novelist, and a former violinist.
10 Facts About Anna Smaill
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Anna Smaill studied musical performance at the University of Canterbury in the late 1990s and during her time at Canterbury, she decided to not become a professional violinist, but pursue a career in writing instead.
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Anna Smaill began studying English and music theory, before changing to the University of Auckland, from where she graduated with a master's degree in English.
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Anna Smaill spent the following year in Wellington at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a masters in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters.
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Anna Smaill lived in Tokyo, Japan, from 2004 to 2006.
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Anna Smaill was a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Hertfordshire from 2009 to 2012.
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Anna Smaill was included in the Best New Zealand Poems series in 2002 and 2005.
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Anna Smaill had been unaware that her publisher had submitted The Chimes for the award.
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Anna Smaill writes her work in longhand before typing it up.
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Anna Smaill met the novelist Carl Shuker while studying at Victoria University.