Witi Ihimaera
Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler is a New Zealand author. Raised in the small town of Waituhi, he decided to become a writer as a teenager after being convinced that Māori people were ignored or mischaracterised in literature. He was the first Māori writer to publish a collection of short stories, with Pounamu, Pounamu (1972), and the first to publish a novel, with Tangi (1973).
Background
- Born in
- Gisborne
- Educated at
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Awards
- 🏆 Robert Burns Fellowship🏆 Queen's Service Medal🏆 Exemplary/Supreme Award of the Te Waka Toi Awards🏆 Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit🏆 Fellow of the Academy of New Zealand Literature
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1944
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