Witi Ihimaera
Autor von Whale Rider
Über den Autor
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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
Hinweis zur Begriffsklärung:
(yid) VIAF:39399075
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Bildnachweis: Witi Ihimaera. Photo by Simon Birkenfeld (Manatū Taonga).
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Werke von Witi Ihimaera
Maori 6 Exemplare
A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha: An anthology of new writing for a changed world (2023) 3 Exemplare
La leyenda de las ballenas 3 Exemplare
The Seahorse and the Reef 1 Exemplar
The Matriarch 1 Exemplar
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Are Angels OK?: The Parallel Universes of New Zealand Writers and Scientists (2006) — Mitwirkender — 15 Exemplare
Out here : an anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA writers from Aotearoa (2022) — Mitwirkender — 9 Exemplare
Monsters in the Garden : An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy (2021) — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare
From a room of their own: A celebration of the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship (1890) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Striding both worlds : Witi Ihimaera and New Zealand's literary traditions (2011) — Subject — 4 Exemplare
Athens to Aotearoa : Greece and Rome in New Zealand literature and society (2017) — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
The colour of distance : New Zealand writers in France, French writers in New Zealand (2006) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Stories from Down Under : nine short stories from Australia and New Zealand — Autor — 1 Exemplar
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- Geburtstag
- 1944-02-07
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- New Zealand
- Geburtsort
- Gisborne, New Zealand
- Wohnorte
- Wellington, New Zealand
New York, New York, USA
Auckland, New Zealand
Gisborne, New Zealand - Ausbildung
- Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (BA)
- Berufe
- diplomat
novelist
Professor of Maori Literature
short-story writer - Organisationen
- University of Auckland
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- 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) - Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
- VIAF:PND:119050277
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Diskussionen
ANZAC Author Challenge June 2015- Kim Scott & Witi Ihimaera in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Juli 2015)
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