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Maurice Gough Gee (born 22 August 1931) is a New Zealand novelist. He is one of New Zealand's most distinguished and prolific authors, having written over thirty novels for adults and children, and has won numerous awards both in New Zealand and overseas, including multiple top prizes at the New Zealand Book Awards, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the UK, the Katherine Mansfield Menton ...
Janet Paterson Frame ONZ CBE (28 August 1924 – 29 January 2004) was a New Zealand author. She is internationally renowned for her work, which includes novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awards including being appointed to the Order of New Zealand, [1] New Zealand's highest civil honour.
Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world, and have been published in 25 languages. Born and raised in a house on Tinakori Road in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon, Mansfield ...
Patricia Frances Grace DCNZM QSO (née Gunson; born 17 August 1937) is a New Zealand writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She began writing as a young adult, while working as a teacher. Her early short stories were published in magazines, leading to her becoming the first female Māori writer to publish a collection of short ...
K. Keri Kaa (1942–2020), writer, educator and advocate of Māori language. Kuni Kaa Jenkins, writer, research and educationalist. Simone Kaho (born 1978), poet. Amy Kane (1879–1979), journalist and community leader. Angelique Kasmara (living), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, editor and translator.
His Penguin History of New Zealand was the most popular New Zealand book of 2004 and was named by The New Zealand Herald in 2009 as the best book of the preceding decade. [69] Recent essay collections by Asian New Zealand writers include All Who Live on Islands (2019) by Rose Lu and Small Bodies of Water (2021) by Nina Mingya Powles. [70] [71]
Albert Wendt. Albert Tuaopepe Wendt ONZ CNZM (born 27 October 1939) is a Samoan poet and writer who lives in New Zealand. He is one of the most influential writers in Oceania. His notable works include Sons for the Return Home, published in 1973 (adapted into a feature film in 1979), and Leaves of the Banyan Tree, published in 1979.
In 1985 and 1988, Marshall received the Lilian Ida Smith Award (Fiction). [4] In the 2000 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature, [5] and in the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, he was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to literature. [6]