# Albert Wendt

> Albert Tuaopepe Wendt is a Samoan poet and writer who lives in New Zealand. He is one of the most influential writers in Oceania. His notable works include Sons for the Return Home, published in 1973, and Leaves of the Banyan Tree, published in 1979. As an academic he has taught at universities in Samoa, Fiji, Hawaii and New Zealand, and from 1988 to 2008 was the professor of New Zealand literature at the University of Auckland.

*Contemporary Samoan poet and writer (born 1939)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/albert-wendt

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Samoa
- **Born:** 1939
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 48.7
- **Momentum:** 6.4

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920914/ (@nm0920914)

## Timeline
- **2013** - Order of New Zealand
- **2012** - Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)
- **2005** - Honorary Doctor of Victoria University of Wellington
- **2003** - Senior Pacific Artist Award
- **2000** - Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- **1994** - Order of Merit of Samoa
- **1993** - Honorary Doctorate of University of Burgundy
- **1939** - Born

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2188297)
- [البرت ويندت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%AA)
- [Albert Wendt](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt)
- [Albert Wendt (Dichter)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt_(Dichter))
- [Albert Wendt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt)
- [Albert Wendt](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt)
- [Albert Wendt](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt)
- [Albert Wendt](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt)
- [Albert Wendt](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt)
- [Albert Wendt](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt)
- [Albertus Wendt](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Wendt)
- [Albert Wendt](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt)
- [Albert Wendt](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt)
- [Вендт, Альберт](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%82%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82)
- [Альберт Вендт](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%82)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7353d565-f930-4785-a76a-e978f03a837e)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1235864)

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