James McNeish (1931–2016)
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James McNeish was born in Auckland, New Zealand on October 23, 1931. He attended Auckland University College. He is the author of nine novels, 14 nonfiction works, four plays, and a large number of articles and essays. His books include Lovelock, Dance of the Peacocks, The Mask of Sanity, and näytä lisää Breaking Ranks. In 2010, he received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Non-fiction and in 2011, he was appointed as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature. He died on November 14, 2016 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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From a room of their own: A celebration of the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship (1890) — Avustaja — 4 kappaletta
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- Virallinen nimi
- McNeish, Sir James Henry Peter
- Syntymäaika
- 1931-10-23
- Kuolinaika
- 2016-11-14
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- New Zealand
- Syntymäpaikka
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Kuolinpaikka
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Asuinpaikat
- Auckland, New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
Sicily, Italy
England, UK
Kawhia, New Zealand
Berlin, Germany - Koulutus
- Auckland Grammar School
Auckland University - Ammatit
- novelist
playwright
biographer
author - Suhteet
- McNeish, Helen (wife)
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Knight Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit (2011)
Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship (1973)
Berlin Writers' Residency (2009)
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (non-fiction, 2010)
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An aspect that I do like is McNeish's treatment of early Canterbury settler society. Central to Pakeha New Zealand's beliefs about itself is the concept of "niceness" and the inevitable benefit of a dominant European ethos in the country. McNeish reminds us that this was achieved through dishonest land purchase, the overwhelming of Maori spirituality through Christianizing bullying, diseases and a blitzkrieg on nature. This latter is illustrated well with description of the fiery destruction of the tussock highlands in preparation for conversion to pasture.
To end, a favourite quote:
"Whenever Polson came down to Christchurch he was conscious of making a moral as well as a physical decline".… (lisätietoja)