Jan Kemp (writer)

Voicetracks (2012) published by Puriri Press and Tranzlit.

Jennet's Poem: Wild Love (2012) published by Puriri Press.

Nine Poems from Le Château de Lavigny (2010) published by Puriri Press.

New New Zealand Poets in Performance (Auckland University Press, 2008).

In 2008, Kemp was a Writer in Residence at the Chateau de Lavigny, Switzerland.

In 2007, Kemp moved to Germany with her husband, Dieter Riemenschneider.

Contemporary NZ Poets in Performance (Auckland University Press, 2007).

Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance (Auckland University Press, 2006).

In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Kemp was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature.

Kemp was the chief instigator of the Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive, launched in 2004. The archive is housed in the Special Collections at the University of Auckland Library and in the Alexander Turnbull Library, and features recordings of 171 New Zealand poets reading their work, and is accompanied by text files, photographs and bibliographical notes about the poets.

Dante's Heaven (2003), published by Puriri Press. Translated into German by Dieter Riemenschneider and published as Dantes Himmel in 2012. Translated into Italian by Aldo Magnanino and published as Il Cielo di Dante in 2016.

The Sky's Enormous Jug - Love Poems Old & New (2002) published by Puriri Press.

Only One Angel: Poems (2001) published by University of Otago Press.

The Other Hemisphere: Poems (1992) published by Three Continents Press, Washington, DC.

In 1991, Kemp was awarded a PEN-Stout Fellowship at Victoria University of Wellington.

Five Poems (1988) published by National Museum Art Gallery Singapore.

Kemp worked as a teacher of English as a foreign language at the University of Papua, Papua New Guinea (1980–1982), the University of Hong Kong (1982–1985), and the National University of Singapore (1985). In 1980, Kemp was the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Poetry Representative at the South Pacific Festival of Arts in Papua, Papua New Guinea.

Ice-breaker Poems (1980) (pamphlet) published by Coal Black Press.

In winter 1979, Kemp toured New Zealand as the only woman in the 'Gang of Four', with Sam Hunt, Alistair Campbell and Hone Tuwhare. Kemp was described at the time as "Jan Kemp, the youngest - and prettiest? - of the four poets on tour."

Diamonds and Gravel (1979) published by Hampson Hunt.

Against the Softness of Woman (1976) published by Caveman Press.

Kemp graduated from the University of Auckland with an MA in English in 1974. She gained a Diploma in Teaching from Auckland Teachers' College in 1972, and RSA Certificate, British Council, Hong Kong (Teacher of English as a Foreign Language) in 1984.

New Zealand Poets Read Their Work (1974) published by Waiata Recordings.

The Young New Zealand Poets (1973), published by Arthur Baysting - Kemp was the only woman among nineteen poets from the Freed group.

Kemp began working with the poetry magazine The Word is Freed (usually abbreviated to Freed) in the late 1960s. Freed ran from 1968 to 1973, and emerged from the University of Auckland.

Janet Mary Riemenschneider-Kemp MNZM (born 12 March 1949) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer and public performer of her work. She lives in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany.