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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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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]
Ngaio Marsh. Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh DBE (/ ˈnaɪoʊ / NY-oh; [1] 23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand mystery writer and theatre director. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966. [2] As a crime writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Marsh is known as one of the "Queens of ...
Category. : New Zealand Māori writers. Writers of Māori descent, some of whose writings are related to Māori culture. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:New Zealand writers. It includes New Zealand writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Dame Lynley Stuart Dodd DNZM (born 5 July 1941 [1]) is a New Zealand children's book author and illustrator. She is best known for her Hairy Maclary and Friends series, and its follow-ups, [2][3] all of which feature animals with rhyming names and have sold over five million copies worldwide. [4] In 1999, Dodd received the Margaret Mahy Award.