Sonja Yelich (Croatian: Jelić; born 1965) is a New Zealand poet.
Sonja Yelich (Croatian: Jelić) was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1965, into an immigrant family from the region of Dalmatia.
She was also included in New New Zealand Poets in Performance (AUP, July 2008), a book that was released with an accompanying CD.
[1] Yelich's second collection of poetry, Get Some (AUP, 2008) was a finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards.
[4] The Centre is adjacent to the University of Auckland and recipients receive an annual stipend of NZ$40,000.