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Keri Hulme

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New Zealand writer

New ZealandWritersLived 1947 to 2021 · aged 74
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Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui. Her novel The Bone People won the Booker Prize in 1985; she was the first New Zealander to win the award, and also the first writer to win the prize for a debut novel.

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1985Booker Prize
1977Robert Burns Fellowship
1975Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award

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Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui. Her novel The Bone People won the Booker Prize in 1985; she was the first New Zealander to win the award, and also the first writer to win the prize for a debut novel. Hulme's writing explores themes of isolation, postcolonial and multicultural identity, and Māori, Celtic, and Norse mythology.

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New Zealand
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1947 to 2021 · aged 74
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25 languages

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