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Michael King

New Zealand historian and writer (1945-2004) · New Zealand · Writers · Died at 58

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Michael King was a New Zealand historian, author, and biographer. He wrote or edited over 30 books on New Zealand topics, including the best-selling Penguin History of New Zealand, which was the most popular New Zealand book of 2004.

A life in dates

2004Died30 March 20042003Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Non-Fiction)Award2002Fellow of Auckland War Memorial MuseumAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of WaikatoAward1999Robert Burns FellowshipAward1998Robert Burns FellowshipAward1997Honorary Doctor of Victoria University of WellingtonAward1945Born15 December 1945

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Awards

Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Non-Fiction)2003
Fellow of Auckland War Memorial Museum2002
Honorary Doctor of the University of Waikato2002
Robert Burns Fellowship1999
Robert Burns Fellowship1998
Honorary Doctor of Victoria University of Wellington1997
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

About this person

Country
New Zealand
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1945 to 2004 · aged 58

In common with Michael

Ngahuia Te AwekotukuBoth received Fellow of Auckland War Memorial MuseumJudith BinneyBoth received Fellow of Auckland War Memorial MuseumLucy May CranwellBoth received Fellow of Auckland War Memorial Museum

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