Ihimaera, Witi

Ihimaera, Witi

▪ New Zealander author
in full  Witi Tame Ihimaera  
born Feb. 7, 1944, Gisborne, New Zealand

       Maori author whose novels and short stories explore the clash between Maori and Pakeha (white, European-derived) cultural values in his native New Zealand.

      Ihimaera attended the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington and began his career in New Zealand's foreign affairs ministry; he served as New Zealand consul to the United States, among other offices. His first short-story collection, Pounamu, Pounamu (1972; “Greenstone, Greenstone”), written for secondary school students, presents one of his characteristic themes—traditional, communal Maori society confronted by mechanized, individualistic Pakeha society. His Tangi (1973; “Mourning”) is the first novel in English by a Maori author. The novel Whanau (1974; “Family”) presents a day in the life of a Maori village.

      Ihimaera surveyed Maori life in the nonfiction Maori (1975). He also coedited Into the World of Light (1982) and edited Te ao marama (1992), anthologies of Maori writing. His later writings include the novels The Matriarch (1986), The Whale Rider (1987), and Nights in the Gardens of Spain (1995), and the short-story collections The New Net Goes Fishing (1977) and Dear Miss Mansfield: A Tribute to Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (1989).

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ihimaera — Witi Tame Ihimaera Smiler (* 7. Februar 1944, bekannter als Witi Ihimaera) ist ein neuseeländischer Schriftsteller, der oft als der bedeutendste lebende Māori Autor angesehen wird. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Biografie 2 Bibliografie 2.1 Romane 2.2 Samm …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Witi Ihimaera — Witi Tame Ihimaera Smiler (* 7. Februar 1944, bekannter als Witi Ihimaera) ist ein neuseeländischer Schriftsteller, der oft als der bedeutendste lebende Māori Autor angesehen wird. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Biografie 2 Bibliografie 2.1 Romane …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Witi Ihimaera — Witi Tame Ihimaera Smiler (Gisborne, 1944), conocido como Witi Ihimaera, escritor neozelandés en inglés y maorí. Empezó a trabajar como diplomático de Nueva Zelanda en 1973 y trabajó en Canberra, Nueva York, y Washington D. C. hasta1989, aunque… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Witi Ihimaera — Witi Tame Ihimaera Smiler (né le 7 février 1944 à Gisborne) est un écrivain maori d expression anglaise de Nouvelle Zélande. Biographie Né dans le Nord de la Nouvelle Zélande, Ihimaera commence par travailler comme diplomate dans les années 1970 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • WITI — may refer to:*WITI (TV), a television station (channel 6) licensed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States *Women in Technology International *Witi Ihimaera, a New Zealand author *Wojskowy Instytut Techniki Inzyneryjnej (Military Institute of… …   Wikipedia

  • Ihimaera —   [ maɪra], Witi, neuseeländischer Schriftsteller, * Gisborne 7. 2. 1944; führender Vertreter der Maori Renaissance Bewegung der frühen 70er Jahre, setzt sich besonders für das literarische Erbe seiner Vorfahren ein (Herausgeber der Anthologie… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Witi Ihimaera — Professor Witi Tame Ihimaera Smiler DCNZM QSM (born 7 February, 1944), generally known as Witi Ihimaera, is a New Zealand author, and is often regarded as the most prominent Māori writer alive today.BiographyIhimaera was born near Gisborne, a… …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand literature — Introduction       the body of literatures, both oral and written, produced in New Zealand. Maori narrative: the oral tradition       Like all Polynesian peoples, the Maori, who began to occupy the islands now called New Zealand about 1,000 years …   Universalium

  • Whalerider — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Whale Rider Originaltitel: Whale Rider Produktionsland: Neuseeland, Deutschland Erscheinungsjahr: 2002 Länge: 97 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste der Biografien/Ih — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”