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Patricia Grace

New Zealand writer (born 1937) · New Zealand · Writers

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Patricia Frances Grace is a New Zealand writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She began writing as a young adult, while working as a teacher.

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2023Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward2016Exemplary/Supreme Award of the Te Waka Toi AwardsAward2008Neustadt International Prize for LiteratureAward2007Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of MeritAward2006Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)Award1989Honorary Doctor of Victoria University of WellingtonAward1988Companion of the Queen's Service OrderAward1937Born17 August 1937

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Awards

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2023
Exemplary/Supreme Award of the Te Waka Toi Awards2016
Neustadt International Prize for Literature2008
Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit2007
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)2006
Honorary Doctor of Victoria University of Wellington1989
Companion of the Queen's Service Order1988
Fellow of the Academy of New Zealand Literature

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Patricia Frances Grace is a New Zealand writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She began writing as a young adult, while working as a teacher. Her early short stories were published in magazines, leading to her becoming the first female Māori writer to publish a collection of short stories, Waiariki, in 1975. Her first novel, Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps, followed in 1978.

Country
New Zealand
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1937 · age 89

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