Simone Kaho
{{Short description|New Zealand poet}}
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Simone Kaho (born 1978) is a New Zealand poet of Tongan descent.
Biography
She was born in Auckland and received an MA in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
Her poetry has appeared in various journals including JAAM (Just Another Art Movement), Turbine and The Dominion Post. A performance poet, she has appeared in shows such as The Kerouac Effect and Poetry Live.{{cite web |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/simone-kaho |title=Simone Kaho |publisher=Poetry Foundation}} In 2016, she published a collection of poetry Lucky Punch.{{cite web |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/author/simone-kaho/ |title=Simone Kaho |work=The Spinoff}} The New Zealand Book Council included Lucky Punch on their list of "21 new Kiwi books we can’t wait to read".{{cite web |url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/aotearoa-reads-details/21-new-kiwi-books-we-cant-wait-to-read |title=21 new Kiwi books we can't wait to read! |publisher=New Zealand Book Council}} Her second collection, Heal!, explores the PTSD she developed after an assault and was published in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/2018860136/simone-kaho-s-healing-poetry|title=Simone Kaho's healing poetry|date=2022-09-25|publisher=RNZ |access-date=2024-01-17}}
Kaho was included in the 20/20 Collection published by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust, her work having been selected by poet Paula Green.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzbookawards.nz/national-poetry-day/20-20-collection/?cat=20-20-poets&poet=brian-turner |title=The 20/20 Collection |publisher=New Zealand Book Awards Trust}} In 2022, she was chosen by Creative New Zealand as the 2022 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington, which she used to write non-fiction about identity, the colonisation of New Zealand, and the Pacific diaspora.{{cite web|url=https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/pasifika/our-community/news/1947457-simone-kaho-named-as-2022-emerging-pasifika-writer-in-residence-at-te-herenga-waka|title=Simone Kaho named as 2022 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence at Te Herenga Waka|publisher=Victoria University of Wellington|access-date=2024-01-17}}
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Category:New Zealand people of Tongan descent