Ian Middleton

Ian Middleton

Ian Middleton (1928 - October 24 2007) was a New Zealand novelist, who made a made a particular mark [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html|Book Council entry, Middletonian] with his books set in post-Second World War Japan. Born in New Plymouth, he was the younger brother of noted New Zealand short story writer O. E. Middleton.

Blind, he said this gave him a "special perspective but 'without limitation'", and has been attributed to the "strong metaphoric colour, sensual - often erotic - quality and lush verbal richness of his writing". [The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)| Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature]

A full list of his publications can be seen at the University of Auckland's NZ Literature file [ [http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/middlei.htm| University of Auckland file] ] and more biographical information is at the New Zealand Book Council's website. [ [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html | Book Council entry, Middletonian] ]

Main works:

* "Pet Shop" (Waiura: A. Taylor, 1979)
* "Faces of Hachiko" (Auckland: Inca Print, 1984)
* "Sunflower: a Novel of Present Day Japan" (Auckland: Benton Press, 1986)
* "Mr Ponsonby" (Auckland: Lyndon, 1989)
* "Reiko" (Wellington: Moana Press, 1990)
* "Harvest" (Okato: Puniho Art Press, 1995)
* "I See a Voice" (Auckland: Flamingo, 1997)

The 'Japanese trilogy' - "Faces of Hachiko", "Sunflower" and "Reiko" - describes a personal and complex portrayal of post-war Japan. "Pet Shop", a novel on his early upbringing in small-town New Zealand, wartime Auckland and his experiences on a Norwegian tanker, was described by New Zealand writer Kevin Ireland as "an absorbing picture of the repressions that passed for a moral code" [The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)] .

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Persondata
NAME=Middleton, Ian
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Author
DATE OF BIRTH=1928
PLACE OF BIRTH=New Plymouth, New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH=October 24 2007
PLACE OF DEATH=Auckland, New Zealand


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