Patricia Grace

Patricia Grace

Patricia Grace, DCNZM, QSO, (born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1937) is a notable Māori writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She currently lives in Hongoeka Bay, Plimmerton.

Grace was awarded the Distinguished Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours. She is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious biennial Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Grace is a patron of the Coalition for Open Government.

The "Cambridge Guide to Literature in English" refers to her prose as distinctive in its "spare style based on the speech structures of Maori English." [ [ The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, p 385. Ian Ousby, Cambridge, 1994). ]

Works

*"Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps", (Longman Paul, 1978; Penguin Books [NZ] Ltd., 1986; Women's Press Livewire, 1988; Cambridge University Press, 1991).
*"Potiki", (Penguin Books [NZ] Ltd., 1986; Women's Press Ltd. [Great Britain] , 1987); translated into Finnish, (Kaantopiiri Helsinki, 1990); German, (Unionsverlag Zurich, 1993); French, (Arlea, 1993); Dutch, (De Geus, 1994); UHP Hawaii, 1995.
*"Cousins," (Penguin Books [NZ] Ltd., 1992); German translation, (Unionsverlag Zurich, 1997).
*"Baby No-eyes" (1998)
*"Dogside Story" (2001)
*"Tu" (2004)

hort story collections

*"Waiariki", (Longman Paul, 1975; Penguin Books [NZ] Ltd, 1986); first collection of short stories by a Maori woman writer.
*"The Dream Sleepers", (Longman Paul, 1980; Penguin Books [NZ] Ltd., 1986).
*"Electric City and Other Stories" (Penguin Books [NZ] Ltd., 1987)
*"Selected Stories" (Penguin [NZ] Ltd., 1991)
*"The Sky People" (Penguin Books [NZ] Ltd., 1994; Women's Press Ltd. Great Britain)

*"Collected Stories", (Penguin Books [NZ] Ltd., 1984); first three short story volumes.

*Text for "Wahine Toa," a book of paintings by Robyn Kahuikiwa, stories with women in Maori mythology (William Collins, 1984; Penguin Books [NZ] Ltd.; Viking Pacific, 1991).

Children's books

*"The Kuia and the Spider/ Te Kuia me te Pungawerewere" (1981)
*"Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street/ Te Tuna Watakirihi me Nga Tamariki o te Tiriti o Toa" (1984)
* "The geranium "(1993)

See also

* New Zealand literature

References

External links

* [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/gracep.html Biography on the New Zealand Book Council site]
* [http://www.vuw.ac.nz/modernletters/activities/writer-in-residence.aspx IIML "Writer in Residence" 1985]


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