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Mark Pirie (born 30 April 1974) is a New Zealand poet, writer, literary critic, anthologist, publisher, and editor. He is best known for his Generation X New Zealand anthology ''The NeXt Wave'', which included an 8,000 word introduction (1998),〔Charles Briffa, ''World Literature Today'', Summer 1999, USA, pp. 604-605; Sarah Quigley, 'Checking out Gen X', ''New Zealand Books'', vol. 8, no. 5, December 1998, pp. 16-17; Lydia Wevers, 'Talking about GenX', in ''Telling Stories: Postcolonial Short Fiction in English'' edited by Jacqueline Bardolph, Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2001, pp. 379-387; Michelle Cruickshank, ‘Write the Wave’, ''Pavement'', April/May 1998, p. 42 & Andrew Johnston, 'Mark Pirie's Excellent Adventure', ''Sport 21'', Spring 1998 ()〕 the literary journals ''JAAM'' (Just Another Art Movement) and ''broadsheet'', a book cover photo series of tributes to famous rock albums,〔Guy Somerset, ‘Cover artists’,'' Dominion Post'', 5 December 2007, p. E3〕 and the small press HeadworX Publishers in Wellington, New Zealand. He has authored or edited more than 40 of his own books and published more than 50 books with HeadworX, including work by well known New Zealand poets Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Harry Ricketts, Alistair Paterson, Riemke Ensing, Tony Beyer, Harvey McQueen, Andrew Fagan, Richard Von Sturmer and the Israeli author/painter/diplomat Moshé Liba. == Life == Born in Wellington, Pirie’s father was a diplomat and Pirie was educated first in America at a Jewish kindergarten and Town School for Boys in San Francisco (where his father was serving as a Consul-General), before moving back to New Zealand to attend Wadestown Primary School. He next attended Wellington College (1987–1991). He has a BA (Hons) in English from Victoria University of Wellington and an MA from the University of Otago. His thesis was on the New Zealand poet and editor Louis Johnson, a writer who shares similarities with Pirie's work.〔F. W. Nielsen Wright, ''Mark Pirie as Romantic Satirist'', Cultural and Political Books, Wellington, 2003.〕 He lives in Wellington and works as an editor for the Department of Internal Affairs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Pirie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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