Marcus Campbell (artist)
Marcus Campbell (born August 24, 1951, in Taihape, New Zealand) is a writer, painter and sculptor.
Family and education[edit]
Campbell grew up in Napier. His parents were Barbara and Harry Campbell.[1] He studied English literature and drama in New Zealand, scenography in California[2] and finished with a master's degree.[3]
Professional life[edit]
Plays he wrote were staged in Auckland, Seattle, Juneau and New York. In 1977 he was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship for theatre studies in Canada,[4] where he gained his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Studies (Directing).[5] He published a number of short stories[6] and in 1981 received the Sargeson Prize for short story writing.[dubious ]
After 12 years he retired from theatre and turned to Eastern Orthodoxy. He spent a decade in a number of monasteries and visited Mount Athos, Greece about which he has written a memoir, ‘Crossways’. He was employed in gardening and sewing the vestments worn in the Orthodox liturgy. Later, he spent five years in Scotland then moved to France where he still lives,[7] and worked as a gardener and property manager. Now retired, he spends his time on painting and sculpture, particularly Outsider art, with an emphasis on the Found Objects.[citation needed]
Works[edit]
- The Lady of Yesterday. In: Lydia Wevers (Ed.): Cabernet Sauvignon with my Brother. New Zealand short stories. Fourth series. First Ed. 1984. Second Ed. 1986. Third Ed. 1989. ISBN 0 19 558 109 1 19 558 109 1 Search this book on
. - A Blue Forest. Austin Macauley, London 2015. ISBN 978 1 78455 657 0 1 78455 657 0 Search this book on .
- Death of the Hawk: and other stories. CreateSpace, 2017. ISBN 9781539635208 Search this book on .
Sources[edit]
- Marcus Campbell: Biografical Note. In: Claus Reisinger (Hg.): Marcus Campbell. Works and Days. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2015. ISBN 978-3-88462-361-9 Search this book on ., S. 6.
- Claus Reisinger (Hg.): Marcus Campbell. Works and Days (Catalogue). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2015. ISBN 978-3-88462-361-9 Search this book on .
References[edit]
- ↑ Reisinger: Marcus Campbell, 8.
- ↑ NN: About the Author. In: Marcus Campbell: A Blue Forest.
- ↑ Campbell: Biografical Note.
- ↑ NN: About the Author. In: Marcus Campbell: A Blue Forest, 1.
- ↑ Campbell: Biografical Note.
- ↑ NN: About the Author. In: Marcus Campbell: A Blue Forest, 1.
- ↑ Campbell: Biografical Note.
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- 1951 births
- French people of New Zealand descent
- New Zealand male short story writers
- New Zealand male dramatists and playwrights
- New Zealand male novelists
- New Zealand Christian monks
- New Zealand sculptors
- French male sculptors
- People from Hautes-Pyrénées
- 20th-century New Zealand novelists
- 20th-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century New Zealand male writers
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