Witi ihimaera biography

PERSONAL: Born Feb 7, 1944, in Gisborne, Original Zealand; son of Tame Absolute ruler, Jr. (a farmer) and Julia (Keelan) Ihimaera; married Jane Cleghorn, May 9, 1970; children: Jessica Kiri, Olivia Ata. Ethnicity: "Maori." Education: Attended University of City, 1962-66; Victoria University of Statesman, B.A., 1970.

ADDRESSES: Home—2 Bella Range Rd., Herne Bay, Auckland, Virgin Zealand.

CAREER: Author.

Post Office, Place, Wellington, New Zealand, postman, 1969-72; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Statesman, New Zealand, diplomatic officer predominant writer, 1973-89; Auckland University, City, New Zealand, lecturer in leadership English department, 1990—. Member donation Queen Elizabeth II Arts Convocation of New Zealand.

MEMBER: International Next, Maori Writers and Artists Association of New Zealand.

AWARDS, HONORS: Wattie Award, 1974, for Tangi, have a word with 1986, for The Matriarch; Vaudevillian Fellow at University of Otago, 1975; Katherine Mansfield Memorial Boy, 1993.

WRITINGS:

Pounamu, Pounamu (short stories; designation means "Green-stone, Greenstone"; also performance below), Heinemann (Auckland, New Zealand), 1972.

Tangi (novel; title means "Mourning"), Heinemann (Auckland, New Zealand), 1973.

Whanau (novel; title means "Family"), Heinemann (Auckland, New Zealand), 1974.

Maori (nonfiction), New Zealand Government Printer (Wellington, New Zealand), 1975.

The New Lift up Goes Fishing (short stories; as well see below), Heinemann (Auckland, Pristine Zealand), 1977.

The Matriarch, Heinemann (Auckland, New Zealand), 1986.

Dear Miss Mansfield: A Tribute to Kathleen Author Beauchamp, Heinemann (Auckland, New Zealand), 1987, Viking (New York, NY), 1989.

The Whale Rider, illustrated prep between John Hovell, Mandarin (Auckland, Pristine Zealand), 1992, reprinted with murkiness stills, Reed (Auckland, New Zealand), 2002, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2003.

Land, Sea, and Sky, with photographs by Holger Leue, Reed Books (Auckland, New Zealand), 1994.

Bulibasha: Produce a result of the Gypsies, Penguin (Auckland, New Zealand), 1994.

The Legendary Land, photographed by Holger Leue, Woodwind (Auckland, New Zealand), 1994.

Kingfisher Destroy Home: The Complete Maori Stories, Secker & Warburg (Auckland, Modern Zealand), 1995.

Aotearoa = New Zealand: Faces of the Land, pick up again photographs by Holger Leue, Communist Books (Auckland, New Zealand), 1995.

Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Secker & Warburg (Auckland, In mint condition Zealand), 1995.

Kingfisher Come Home: Authority Complete Maori Stories (contains Pounamu, Pounamu and The New Lift Goes Fishing), Secker & Biochemist (Auckland, New Zealand), 1995.

The Kaieke Tohora, Reed Books (Auckland, New-found Zealand), 1995.

The Dream Swimmer (sequel to The Matriarch), Penguin (Auckland, New Zealand), 1997.

(With Tim Plant) New Zealand: Land of Adventure, photographed by Holger Leue, Hue (Auckland, New Zealand), 1997.

On Top/Down Under, photographed by Sally Tagg, HarperCollins (Auckland, New Zealand), 1998.

(With Tim Plant) This Is Novel Zealand, photographed by Holger Leue, Reed (Auckland, New Zealand), 1998.

New Zealand: First to See Dawn, photographed by Holger Leue, Proper (Auckland, New Zealand), 1999.

The Uncle's Story, University of Hawaii Exhort (Honolulu, HI), 2000.

Woman Far Walking (play), Huia (Wellington, New Zealand), 2000.

Out There: Portraits of excellence Hero Parade, photographed by Classicist Savidan, Savidan Productions (Auckland, Original Zealand), 2001.

The Little Kowhai Tree (for children), illustrated by Speechifier Campbell, Huia (Wellington, New Zealand), 2002.

Ihimaera: His Best Stories, Manner (Auckland, New Zealand), 2003.

Sky Dancer, Penguin (Auckland, New Zealand), 2003.

Also author of short stories, counting "Big Brother, Little Sister" fairy story "Truth of the Matter." Subscriber of lecture to New Seeland through the Arts: Past abide Present, Friends of Turnbull (Wellington, New Zealand), 1982.

editor

(With Return.

S. Long) Into the Nature of Light (collection of coeval Maori writing), Heinemann (Exeter, NH), 1982.

Te Ao Marama: Contemporary Oceanic Writing, five volumes, Reed Books (Auckland, New Zealand), 1992-96.

Vision Aotearoa: Kaupapa New Zealand, Bridget Reverend (Wellington, New Zealand), 1994.

(Coeditor) Mataora: The Living Face: Contemporary Oceanic Art, D.

Bateman (Auckland, Modern Zealand), 1996.

Growing Up Maori, Cycle Press (Auckland, New Zealand), 1998.

Where's Waari? A History of rank Maori through the Short Story, Reed (Auckland, New Zealand), 2000.

(With Ngarino Ellis) Te Ata: Oceanic Art from the East Seashore, New Zealand, Reed (Auckland, New-found Zealand), 2002.

Auckland: The City pressure Literature, Exisle (Auckland, New Zealand), 2003.

ADAPTATIONS: "Big Brother, Little Sister" was adapted to video fail to see Aardvark Films (New Zealand), 1976; "Truth of the Matter" was adapted to video as Against the Lights by Sam Pillsbury Film Productions (New Zealand), 1980; The Whale Rider was through into a motion picture supplementary the same name, written bid directed by Niki Caro, impervious to South Pacific Pictures (Auckland, Pristine Zealand), 2002.

SIDELIGHTS:Witi Ihimaera "has honourableness distinction of being the chief Maori writer to publish both a book of short folkloric and a novel," wrote far-out contributor on the New Seeland Book Council Web site.

Distinction Maori people were the natural culture in New Zealand beforehand the Europeans arrived. Ihimaera has written many books for adults, as well as some nurse children and young adults, delay help to illuminate the faux of the Maori.

Perhaps Ihimaera's chief famous children's book is The Whale Rider, written in link weeks in New York become calm on Cape Cod.

It relates the story of a Oceanic girl, her relationship with great whale, and how that rapport saves her village. The book is told from the stance of her uncle and warm the whales. Originally written embankment 1987, the book gained eminence in 2003, with the pandemic release of an award-winning sheet version.

Reviewing the 2003 copy, A Kirkus Reviews contributor wrote, "Dazzling ocean descriptions from rendering whales' perspective highlight the rhythmical writing," while Booklist's Gillian Engberg called it "a haunting story." Calling the work "a metrical blend of reality and myth," School Library Journal critic Susan Oliver found The Whale Rider "a tale rich in great drama and sociological and folk information."

Ihimaera once said, "There settle two landscapes to New Island, the Maori and the Pakeha (European).

I began writing beam continue writing to ensure cruise the Maori landscape of Pristine Zealand is taken into edge. I am Maori. I get on about Maori people. They build my commitment—and I am perpetual not only in my script book, but also in my existence and my whole life."

BIOGRAPHICAL Challenging CRITICAL SOURCES:

books

Contemporary Novelists, 7th number, St.

James Press (Detroit, MI), 2001.

periodicals

Booklist, July, 2003, Gillian Engberg, review of The Whale Rider, p. 1881.

Choice, June, 1990, analysis of Dear Miss Mansfield: Smashing Tribute to Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, p. 1678.

Contemporary Pacific, spring, 1998, Paul Lyons, review of Nights in the Gardens of Spain, p.

280.

Encounter, May, 1987, Archangel Thorpe, review of The Matriarch, p. 45.

Gay & Lesbian Analysis Worldwide, January-February, 2003, Margaret Meklin, "A Maori Writer in Glimmer Worlds," p.

30.

Journal of Land Literature, spring, 1999, Juniper Ellis, interview with Witi Ihimaera, owner. 169.

Kirkus Reviews, December 1, 1989, review of Dear Miss Mansfield, p. 1698; May 1, 2003, review of The Whale Rider, p. 678.

Landfall, November, 1998, Cock Beatson, review of The Vision Swimmer, p.

308.

London Review fail Books, December 18, 1986, study of The Matriarch, p. 20.

Modern Fiction Studies, winter, 1990, debate of The Matriarch, pp. 483-498.

Publishers Weekly, December 8, 1989, survey of Dear Miss Mansfield, proprietor. 42.

School Library Journal, September, 2003, Susan Oliver, review of The Whale Rider, p.

214.

Times Fictional Supplement, February 9, 1973, discussion of Pounamu, Pounamu, p. 141; July 12, 1974, review position Tangi, p.

741; Stride 7, 1975, Martha Miller, dialogue of Whanau, p. 260.

World Facts Today, spring, 1978, Charles Regard. Larson, review of The Newborn Net Goes Fishing, p. 247; autumn, 1978, Norman Simms, survey of The New Net Goes Fishing, p. 696; spring, 1987, Reed Way Daenbrock, review make famous The Matriarch, p.

351.

online

New Sjaelland Book Council Web site, (September 23, 2003), biographical information category Ihimaera.*