Maurice Gee
Maurice Gee (born August 22, 1931 in Whakatāne ) is a New Zealand writer who is best known for his novels . Several of his books have been made into films.
Life
Gee spent much of his childhood in the New Zealand town of Henderson , which appears fictionally in many of his works. In 1954 he completed a degree in English in Auckland and initially worked as a teacher in Paeroa . At the end of the 1950s he published his first short stories. In 1961 he received a literary scholarship and moved to England , where he continued to teach and write. His debut novel The Big Season was published in 1962.
Gee's breakthrough came with the publication of his trilogy Plumb (1978), Meg (1981) and Sole Survivor (1983), which depicts the life of three generations in New Zealand. In 1979 Gee began publishing children's books.
In 2004, two of Gees' novels were filmed: Crime Story (as Fracture ) and In my Father's Den (by Brad McGann ). Under the Mountain was filmed as an eight-part television series in 1982 and for the cinema in 2009.
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Maurice Gee writes adult literature as well as books for children and young people. His first novel sparked strong press coverage in New Zealand in 1962. Most of his novels are set in New Zealand. Recurring motifs are family conflicts or conflicts between different social classes, shaped by Puritanism . Small towns in New Zealand are frequent locations. Above all, critics praise the differentiated portrayal of characters and conflicts.
Gees books for children and young people are often set in the realm of fantasy and science fiction .
bibliography
- The Big Game , 1962.
- A Special Flower , 1965.
- In My Father's Den , 1972.
- A Glorious Morning, Comrade , 1975.
- Games of Choice , 1976.
- Under the Mountain , 1979.
- The World Around the Corner , 1980.
- Plumb , 1981.
- Meg , 1981.
- The Halfmen of O , 1982.
- Sole Survivor , 1983.
- The Priests of Ferris. , 1984.
- Motherstone , 1985.
- The Fire-Raiser , 1986.
- Collected Stories , 1986.
- Prowlers. , 1987.
- The Champion , 1989.
- The Burning Boy , 1990.
- Going West , 1992.
- Crime Story , 1994.
- The Fat Man , 1995.
- Plumb Trilogy , 1995.
- Loving Ways , 1996.
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Live Bodies , 1998
- German: Living freight , Black Ink, Scheuring 2002 ISBN 3-930654-14-8
- Orchard Street , 1998.
- Hostel Girl , 1999.
- Ellie and the Shadow Man , 2001.
- The Scournful Moon , 2003.
- Blindsight , 2005.
- Salt , 2007.
- Gool , 2008.
Awards
- 1979 Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award for Plumb
- 1986 Esther Glen Award for Motherstone
- 1995 Esther Glen Award for The Fat Man
- 1998 Deutz Medal for Fiction for the novel Live Bodies
- 2002 Awarded the Children's Literature Foundation for his contributions to youth literature
- 2004 Gaelyn Gordon Award for the novel Under the Mountain
- 2004 The Scornful Moon was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
- 2004 Prime Minister's Award for Fiction
literature
- The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature , ed. Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (1999) ISBN 0-19-558348-5
Web links
- Arts Foundation of New Zealand (English).
- Gee, Maurice . New zealand Book Council,accessed May 22, 2018.
- Maurice Gee . In: New Zealand Literature File . University of Auckland, archived from the original onOctober 8, 2014; accessed on May 22, 2018(English, original website no longer available).
Individual evidence
- ^ Who's who in New Zealand , 12th edition, Auckland 1991, p. 226
- ^ Entry on Maurice Gee at the New Zealand Book Council , as seen on October 15, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gee, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Whakatāne , New Zealand |