Robert Burns Fellowship

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The Robert Burns Fellowship, established in 1958 as a bicentennial celebration, is claimed to be New Zealand's premier literary residency. The list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable writers.

The position is based at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. It provides a year's salary and accommodation for a writer in and around the university.

The Robert Burns Fellowship is named after Scotland's national poet Robert Burns: Dunedin is the city in New Zealand with the highest proportion of people of Scottish descent.

Robert Burns Fellows

1959 Ian Cross
1960 Maurice Duggan
1961 John Caselburg
1962 R.A.K. Mason
1963 Maurice Shadbolt
1964 Maurice Gee
1965 Janet Frame
1966-1967 James K. Baxter
1968 Ruth Dallas
1969 Warren Dibble
1970 Edward Middleton
1971 Noel Hilliard
1972 Ian Wedde
1973 Graham Billing
1974 Hone Tuwhare
1975 Witi Ihimaera
1976 Sam Hunt
1977 Kerry Hulme and Roger Hall
1978 Roger Hall and Peter Olds
1979 Michael A Noonan
1980 Philip Temple
1981-1982 William Sewell
1983 Rawiri Paratene
1984 Brian Turner
1985-1986 Cilla McQueen
1987 Robert Lord
1988 John Dickson
1989 Renee
1990 David Eggleton
1991 Lynley Hood
1992 Owen Marshall
1993 Stuart Hoare
1994 Christine Johnston
1995 Elspeth Sandys
1996 Bernadette Hall
1997 Paddy Richardson
1998 Michael King
1999 Michael King and Paula Boock
2000 James Norcliffe
2001 Jo Randerson
2002 Alison Wong of Porirua
2003 Nick Ascroft and Sarah Quigley
2004 Katherine Duignan
2005 Catherine Chidgey
2006 Catherine Chidgey and Dianne Ruth Pettis

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