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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 Memorial Prize in the UK, the Katherine Mansfield Menton ...
Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand’s most distinguished and prolific novelists. He is best known for his realistic evocations of New Zealand life, and of human life in general. His novels explore family and community tension, violence as a normal element of life, social constraints versus inner freedom, and the moral courage of individuals who oppose powerful taboos.
They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Maurice Gee (born August 22, 1931, Whaketane, New Zealand) is a New Zealand novelist best known for his realistic evocations of New Zealand life and his fantastical tales for young adults. Gee earned a master’s degree in English (1954) from Auckland University ...
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Feb 21, 2020 · Completing the triumvirate of great New Zealand Children's writers is Maurice Gee. While he has an amazing collection of work for children and young adults, Gee is as much a writer of adult fiction as he is a children's writer. His work for children is mostly in the area of science fiction or fantasy. "Under the…
Maurice Gee: Life and Work has taken biographer Rachel Barrowman the best part of 10 years to complete. She says she knew from the outset it would be a big job, given the length and productivity of Maurice’s writing career, which has spanned some 50 years and 33 books.
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Maurice Gee, 1960. Marti Friedlander. Courtesy NZ Book Council. Click image to enlarge. Born in Whakatane in 1931, Gee was the middle son of three boys. His father was a carpenter, his mother an aspiring writer. One of her stories was included, by Frank Sargeson, in an anthology of New Zealand writing. “But it was too late for her to write well.
