Albert Wendt
Contemporary Samoan poet and writer · Samoa · On the map · Writers · Born 1939 · age 87
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.
Albert Wendt is read about 20 times a day, in 14 languages.
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2013Order of New ZealandAward2012Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)Award2006Named Professor emeritusOffice1 January 20062005Honorary Doctor of Victoria University of WellingtonAward2003Senior Pacific Artist AwardAward2000Companion of the New Zealand Order of MeritAward1994Order of Merit of SamoaAward1993Honorary Doctorate of University of BurgundyAward1939Born27 October 1939
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About this person
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.
Country
Samoa
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1939 · age 87
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The same award as Albert
Witi IhimaeraBoth received Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)
Patricia GraceBoth received Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)
Margaret MahyBoth received Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)Fleur AdcockBoth received Fellow of the Academy of New Zealand Literature
Joy CowleyBoth received Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)
Janet FrameBoth received Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)