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Maurice Gee, New Zealand novelist best known for his realistic evocations of New Zealand life and his fantastical tales for young adults. His most notable work is the Plumb trilogy, which examines the lives of three generations of a New Zealand family.
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Maurice Gough Gee (born 22 August 1931) is a New Zealand novelist. He is one of New Zealand's most distinguished and prolific authors, having written over thirty novels for adults and children, and has won numerous awards both in New Zealand and overseas, including multiple top prizes at the New Zealand Book Awards, the James Tait Black ...
Maurice Gee was once described by Britain’s Sunday Times as ‘one of the finest writers at work, not only in New Zealand…but in the English-speaking world.’ 1. Maurice Gee, 1960. Marti Friedlander. Courtesy NZ Book Council. Born in Whakatane in 1931, Gee was the middle son of three boys.
Maurice Gee is a distinguished New Zealand fiction writer. He has received numerous awards, nominations and grants for both his adult fiction and his young adult and children’s books, and was bestowed the prestigious Icon Award in 2003 by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand.
Dec 8, 2015 · Maurice Gee: Life and Work is a rarity — an authorised biography with no subject-strings attached. Gee simply told Barrowman to go and write it, before others less talented — less authorised — took it upon themselves to do so.
Feb 17, 2005 · Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand's most significant living novelist, if “significance” is judged by the size, range, historical scope, thematic depth and consistent literary flair of an author's oeuvre.
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Jan 1, 1978 · Plumb by Maurice Gee tells the story of George Plumb, a clergyman, his wife Edie, and their family. Plumb, who is drawing toward the end of his life, recounts in the book his life and all its successes and failures.
