University position for playwright

Press, 27 November 1979, Page 6

University position for playwright

The University of Canter-( bury’s second writer-in-resid-ence, Jennifer Compton, of] Wellington, will take up her! appointment in March next year. Mrs Compton, who des-! cribes herself as a “freelance: writer and part-time shop' girl,” has published a number I of articles in “Landfall” and other literary magazines. She has written several radio plays which have been! produced in Australia and New Zealand. Her play,] “Crossfire,” won an award at the Edinburgh Festival. ; The winner of the Australian Writers’ Guild award for’

(radio plays, Mrs Compton’s (story, “The Man Who Died | Twice,” was winner of the I Katherine Mansfield and Bank of New Zealand memorial (short story award. At present she is working ion two stage plays, a number of poems and short stories, land a technical novel entitled “Knitting is an Art Form.” The post of writer-in-resi-dence is held for six months and carries with it a salary of $6OOO. The university’s (first writer-in-residence was a Auckland author, Michael Morrissey, who held the post earlier this year.