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The last four stories in Maurice Gee's collection A Glorious Morning, Comrade (1975) concern old men. All of them are Gee's attempts to portray his own grandfather, a charismatic figure he finally captured in the novel Plumb, the first of a trilogy.
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Gee, Maurice (1931– ), one of New Zealand’s most distinguished novelists, born in Whakatane, passed much of his childhood in the country town of Henderson (now contained by Auckland’s urban sprawl), and this background plays a major role in his fiction. Again and again his plots are set in Henderson, usually under another name, or other small towns...
Maurice Gee is a multiple award-winning novelist. A Glorious Morning, Comrade (1976), Plumb (1979), andThe Burning Boy (1991) each received prizes for Fiction at the New Zealand Book Awards in their corresponding years of publication. He has twice received the Esther Glen Award at the LIANZA Children's Book Awards, first in 1986 for Motherstone, an...
Watch our Going Westshort animated film based on Gee's classic bookChristchurch City Libraries interviewMaurice 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.
MAJOR WORKS: A Special Flower (1965) In My Father's Den (1972) A Glorious Morning, Comrade (1975) Plumb (1978) The Scornful Moon (2004) Overview. Maurice Gee is an award-winning author of fiction for both children and adults. His writings reflect a strong sense of New Zealand life, providing insight into his country's politics and ideals.
GEE, Maurice (Gough) 1931-. PERSONAL: Born August 22, 1931, in Whakatane, New Zealand; son of Leonard (a carpenter) and Lyndahl (Chapple) Gee; married Margaretha Garden (a librarian), 1970; children: Nigel (from a previous marriage), Emily, Abigail. Education: Attended Avondale College, Auckland, New Zealand, 1945-49; University of Auckland, M ...
Gee followed this novel with a collection of short stories, A Glorious Morning, Comrade (1974), [18] which won the prize for fiction at the 1976 New Zealand Book Awards, [19] and a further novel Games of Choice (1976).
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Maurice Gough Gee. Born: August 22, 1931, Whaketane, New Zealand (age 93) Notable Works: “A Glorious Morning, Comrade”. “Access Road”. “Blindsight”. “Crime Story”. “Ellie and the Shadow Man”.
