Simón Bolívar was Venezuelan and lived there for 20 years.
Michele Joy Leggott MNZM -LRB- born 1956 -RRB- is a New Zealand poet , and Professor of English at the University of Auckland .. MNZM. MNZM. New Zealand. New Zealand. University of Auckland. University of Auckland. English. English studies. She was born in Stratford , New Zealand , and received her secondary education at New Plymouth Girls ' High School , before attending the University of Canterbury where she completed an MA in English in 1979 .. New Zealand. New Zealand. University of Canterbury. University of Canterbury. Master of Arts. English. English studies. She then moved to Canada to do a PhD at the University of British Columbia .. Canada. Canada. PhD. PhD. University of British Columbia. University of British Columbia. Her dissertation was on the American poet Louis Zukofsky and was published in America as Reading Zukovsky 's `` 80 Flowers '' -LRB- 1989 -RRB- .. American. United States. Louis Zukofsky. Louis Zukofsky. Leggott began publishing her poetry around 1980 .. She published Sound Pitch Considered Forms with two Canadian poets in 1984 .. In 1985 she returned to New Zealand and took up a lectureship at the University of Auckland .. New Zealand. New Zealand. University of Auckland. University of Auckland. She produced her first book of poems , Like This ?. , in 1988 , winning the International PEN First Book of Poetry award .. International PEN. International PEN. In 1991 she published Swimmers , Dancers , with a domestic focus , and in 1995 she won the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry with DIA .. New Zealand. New Zealand. New Zealand Book Award for Poetry. Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry. On 4 December 2007 , she was named New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2008 / 2009 .. New Zealand. New Zealand. New Zealand Poet Laureate. New Zealand Poet Laureate. Her work has appeared in the Best New Zealand Poems series in 2002 and 2005 .. New Zealand. New Zealand. Best New Zealand Poems series. Best New Zealand Poems series. She was awarded MNZM in the 2009 New Year Honours , for services to poetry .. MNZM. MNZM