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Ian Middleton (1928 - October 24 2007) was a New Zealand novelist who made a made a particular mark ^[1] with his books set in post-Second World War Japan. Born in New Plymouth, he was the brother of noted New Zealand short story writer O. E. Middleton.

Blind, he said this gave him a "special perspective but 'without limitation'", and has been attributed to the "strong metaphoric colour, sensual - often erotic - quality and lush verbal richness of his writing".^[2]

A full list of his publications can be seen at the University of Auckland's NZ Literature file ^[3]and more biographical information is at the New Zealand Book Council's website.^[4]

Main works:

Pet Shop (Waiura: A. Taylor, 1979)
Faces of Hachiko (Auckland: Inca Print, 1984)
Sunflower: a Novel of Present Day Japan (Auckland: Benton Press, 1986)
Mr Ponsonby (Auckland: Lyndon, 1989)
Reiko (Wellington: Moana Press, 1990)
Harvest (Okato: Puniho Art Press, 1995)
I See a Voice (Auckland: Flamingo, 1997)

The 'Japanese trilogy' - Faces of Hachiko, Sunflower and Reiko - describes a personal and complex portrayal of post-war Japan. Pet Shop, a novel on his early upbringing in small-town New Zealand, wartime Auckland and his experiences on a Norwegian tanker, was described by New Zealand writer Kevin Ireland as "an absorbing picture of the repressions that passed for a moral code"^[5].

^ http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html%7CBook Council entry, Middletonian
^ The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)| Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature
^ University of Auckland file
^ | Book Council entry, Middletonian
^ The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)

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[1] ttp://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html%7CBook Council entry, Middletonian

[2] The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)| Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature

[3] University of Auckland file

[4] | Book Council entry, Middletonian

[5] The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)

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-A contemporary [[New Zealand]] novelist, '''Ian Middleton''' "made a particular mark"<ref>http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html</ref> with his novels on post-[[Second World War]] [[Japan]]. Blind, he described this as giving him a "special perspective but 'without limitation'", and has been attributed to the "strong metaphoric colour, sensual - often erotic - quality and lush verbal richness of his writing".<ref>The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)</ref> He was born in [[New Plymouth]] in 1928 and died in [[Auckland]] on [[October 24]] [[2007]]. He was the brother of noted New Zealand short story writer [[O. E. Middleton]].
+'''Ian Middleton''' (1928 - [[October 24]] [[2007]]) was a [[New Zealand]] novelist who made a made a particular mark <ref>http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html|Book Council entry, Middletonian</ref> with his books set in post-[[Second World War]] [[Japan]]. Born in [[New Plymouth]], he was the brother of noted New Zealand short story writer [[O. E. Middleton]].
+Blind, he said this gave him a "special perspective but 'without limitation'", and has been attributed to the "strong metaphoric colour, sensual - often erotic - quality and lush verbal richness of his writing".<ref>The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)| Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature</ref>
-A full list of his publications can be found at the [[University of Auckland]]'s NZ Literature file[http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/middlei.htm].
-Further information can be found at his page at the [[New Zealand Book Council]]'s website[http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html].
+A full list of his publications can be seen at the [[University of Auckland]]'s NZ Literature file <ref>[http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/middlei.htm| University of Auckland file]</ref>and more biographical information is at the [[New Zealand Book Council]]'s website.<ref>[http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html | Book Council entry, Middletonian]</ref>
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-The 'Japanese trilogy' - ''Faces of Hachiko'', ''Sunflower'' and ''Reiko'' - has been described as comprising a personal and complex portrayal of post-war Japan. ''Pet Shop'', a novel on his early upbringing in small-town New Zealand, wartime Auckland and his experiences on a Norwegian tanker, was described by New Zealand writer [[Kevin Ireland]] as "an absorbing picture of the repressions that passed for a moral code"<ref>The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)</ref>.
+The 'Japanese trilogy' - ''Faces of Hachiko'', ''Sunflower'' and ''Reiko'' - describes a personal and complex portrayal of post-war Japan. ''Pet Shop'', a novel on his early upbringing in small-town New Zealand, wartime Auckland and his experiences on a Norwegian tanker, was described by New Zealand writer [[Kevin Ireland]] as "an absorbing picture of the repressions that passed for a moral code"<ref>The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)</ref>.
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