Witi Ihimaera
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About the Author
Witi Ihimaera was born in Gisborne, New Zealand on February 7, 1944 into a Maori family of Mormons. After completing a B.A. in English, he worked as a journalist in New Zealand and started writing fiction. His first collection of short stories, Pounamu Pounamu, was published in 1972 and his first näytä lisää novel, Tangi, was published in 1973. His other works include Whanau, The Matriarch, The Whale Rider, The Dream Swimmer, Sky Dancer, The Trowenna Sea, and The Parihaka Woman. In 1982 he coedited an anthology of Maori writing, Into the World of Light, and continues to be a champion of literature in English by Maoris. In 2015 his title's Maori Boy: A Memoir and White Lies made The New Zealand Best Seller List and in 2016 it won the New Zealand Award general nonfiction award. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Image credit: Witi Ihimaera. Photo by Simon Birkenfeld (Manatū Taonga).
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Tekijän teokset
Maori 6 kappaletta
A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha: An anthology of new writing for a changed world (2023) 2 kappaletta
The Seahorse and the Reef 1 kappale
The Matriarch 1 kappale
Associated Works
Are Angels OK?: The Parallel Universes of New Zealand Writers and Scientists (2006) — Avustaja — 15 kappaletta
Out here : an anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA writers from Aotearoa (2022) — Avustaja — 8 kappaletta
Monsters in the Garden : An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy (2021) — Avustaja — 7 kappaletta
Striding both worlds : Witi Ihimaera and New Zealand's literary traditions (2011) — Subject — 4 kappaletta
Athens to Aotearoa : Greece and Rome in New Zealand literature and society (2017) — Avustaja — 4 kappaletta
From a room of their own: A celebration of the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship (1890) — Avustaja — 4 kappaletta
The colour of distance : New Zealand writers in France, French writers in New Zealand (2006) — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
Stories from Down Under : nine short stories from Australia and New Zealand — Tekijä — 1 kappale
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1944-02-07
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- Aotearoa / New Zealand
New Zealand - Syntymäpaikka
- Gisborne, New Zealand
- Asuinpaikat
- Wellington, New Zealand
New York, New York, USA
Auckland, New Zealand
Gisborne, New Zealand - Koulutus
- Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (BA)
- Ammatit
- diplomat
novelist
Professor of Maori Literature
short-story writer - Organisaatiot
- University of Auckland
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Distinguished Companion in the New Zealand Order of Merit (2005)
Honorary Doctorate (2004)
Robert Burns Fellowship (1975)
Randell Cottage Writers' Residency (2015)
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (2017) - Erotteluhuomautus
- VIAF:PND:119050277
Jäseniä
Keskustelut
ANZAC Author Challenge June 2015- Kim Scott & Witi Ihimaera, 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (heinäkuu 2015)
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Short and Sweet (1)
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1980s (1)
Books with Twins (1)
Magic Realism (1)
Big Jubilee List (1)
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