Patricia Grace
Forfatter af Potiki
Om forfatteren
Novelist, short story writer, and children's author Patricia Grace was born in Wellington, New Zealand on August 17, 1937. She was a teacher in primary and secondary schools in Northland, Picton, and King County, New Zealand. She is of Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa descent and has been vis mere instrumental in the emergence of Maori fiction in English. Her first collection of stories, Waiariki, was published in 1975 and won the PEN/Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction. Her second novel, Potiki, won the fiction section of the New Zealand Book Awards in 1987. Her children's book, The Kuia and the Spider, was the winner of the Children's Picture Book of the Year award in 1982. Another children's book, The Trolley, won the Russell Clark Award in 1994. She also won the 2005 Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry for Tu. She was honored as a living icon of New Zealand art in 2005 and currently lives in Plimmerton, New Zealand. Her title Chappy made the New Zealand Bst Seller List in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Patricia Grace
Earth, Sea, Sky: Images And Maori Proverbs from the Natural World of Aotearoa New Zealand (2003) 21 eksemplarer
Butterflies 2 eksemplarer
Liberdade :Contos que Celebram a Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos (Portugiesisch) (2011) 1 eksemplar
Bird Child and Other Stories 1 eksemplar
Anapuke, Berg der Ahnen. 1 eksemplar
Potila 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Freedom: Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2009) — Bidragyder — 73 eksemplarer
Goodbye to Romance: Stories by New Zealand and Australian Women Writers, 1930-1988 (1989) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
In Deadly Earnest: A Collection of Fiction by New Zealand Women 1870s–1980s (1989) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Monsters in the Garden : An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy (2021) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Grace, Patricia
- Juridisk navn
- Grace, Patricia Frances
- Fødselsdato
- 1937-08-17
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- New Zealand
- Fødested
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Bopæl
- Wellington, New Zealand
Plimmerton, New Zealand - Uddannelse
- Victoria University of Wellington
St Mary's College, Wellington
Wellington Teachers' College - Erhverv
- novelist
short story writer
children's book author
teacher - Organisationer
- Coalition for Open Government
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature (2008)
Queens Service Order (1988)
Writing Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington (1985)
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction ∙ 2006)
New Zealand Order of Merit (Distinguished Companion, 2007)
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Haka af Patricia Grace
Amazing illustrations and incredible story of how Te Rauparaha's haka was created.
An exceptionally beautiful and tender collection of short stories touching on Māori traditions and values in modern family and community settings.
I appreciated the efficiency of the storytelling; its efficacy in tackling themes of sacrifice, culture, displacement, respect, racism, whilst also allowing its characters to live buoyant and love-filled Māori lives; and the way Māori words were so naturally incorporated into the prose with no explanation. A great introduction to Māori-NZ literature.… (mere)
I appreciated the efficiency of the storytelling; its efficacy in tackling themes of sacrifice, culture, displacement, respect, racism, whilst also allowing its characters to live buoyant and love-filled Māori lives; and the way Māori words were so naturally incorporated into the prose with no explanation. A great introduction to Māori-NZ literature.… (mere)
78/2021. Potiki, by Patricia Grace, is a novel set in a Maori community in Aotearoa (New Zealand) about family, cultural and economic survival, and how all are linked to environmental caretaking.
A traditional Maori whānau community, the Tamihanas, and their way of life, already under pressure from generations of settler-colonialism, are threatened by ruthless developers who want their land. Their allies, other Maori, local people resisting change, and environmentalists, prove ineffectual against big business with government and the police on their side, but the Tamihanas have a deep-rooted connection to their homeland and their extended family which gives them strength. The story also effortlessly includes disabled family members as half the main point of view characters.
Quote: "She made her way along by the water's edge singing, sometimes talking as she went. Every now and again she would bend and pick something up. If it was something that either lived or could live - a crab, a shellfish or a weed - she threw it into the sea. If it was something that did not live and could not - paper, plastic or tin - she put it into her bucket to take home."… (mere)
A traditional Maori whānau community, the Tamihanas, and their way of life, already under pressure from generations of settler-colonialism, are threatened by ruthless developers who want their land. Their allies, other Maori, local people resisting change, and environmentalists, prove ineffectual against big business with government and the police on their side, but the Tamihanas have a deep-rooted connection to their homeland and their extended family which gives them strength. The story also effortlessly includes disabled family members as half the main point of view characters.
Quote: "She made her way along by the water's edge singing, sometimes talking as she went. Every now and again she would bend and pick something up. If it was something that either lived or could live - a crab, a shellfish or a weed - she threw it into the sea. If it was something that did not live and could not - paper, plastic or tin - she put it into her bucket to take home."… (mere)
A group of native New Zealanders survive on their land, some overcoming their alien educations and some fighting to regain territories taken from them ostensibly for a war time landing strip but never so used. A very internally told narrative, a woman, her husband, their children a few others.Their land is valued by external money makers, but they and their way of life are considered obstacles requiring them to persist in spite of what is brought to bear against them.
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Statistikker
- Værker
- 38
- Also by
- 20
- Medlemmer
- 1,044
- Popularitet
- #24,666
- Vurdering
- 3.9
- Anmeldelser
- 34
- ISBN
- 131
- Sprog
- 9
- Udvalgt
- 2