Warren Dibble
Also recorded as Warren Ambrose Dibble
Warren Dibble
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- 2014 · Sydney.
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- poet · playwright
- Honours
- Robert Burns Fellowship
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• Name — Warren Dibble • Birth Name — Warren Ambrose Dibble • Born — 1931 02 21 • Birthplace — Palmerston North, New Zealand • Died — 2014 07 27 • Place of death — Sydney, NSW, Australia • Occupation — Playwright, poet Warren Ambrose Dibble (21 February 1931 – 27 July 2014) was a New Zealand poet and playwright.
Early life and family
Dibble was born in Palmerston North on 21 February 1931, the son of Victor Thomas Dibble and Alma Dibble (née Edgecombe). His father was secretary of the Manawatu Racing Club, and committed suicide by gunshot in December 1932, having suffered from depression and what would now be understood as post-traumatic stress disorder following his service in World War I.
Writing career
Dibble was awarded the Robert Burns Fellowship from the University of Otago in 1969. Ralph Hotere, who was the Frances Hodgkins Fellow at Otago also in 1969, incorporated some of Dibble's poems into his artwork. Dibble wrote plays for television, theatre and radio, including Killing of Kane, based on the deeds of Tītokowaru in Taranaki in the 1860s, the anti-Vietnam war theatrical cartoon Operation Pigstick, the one-off tele-drama Double Exposure, Lord, Dismiss Us… and Lines to M. Dibble moved to Sydney in the 1970s and died there in 2014.
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- 1.Birth. Manawatu Times. 56. 5583. 1. 23 February 1931.
- 2.Brides of summertime in bouffant gowns. The Sun. 2. 576. 5. 31 January 1929.
- 3.Late Mr V. T. Dibble. Manawatu Standard. 53. 20. 2. 20 December 1932.
- 4.Death of Mr. Victor T. Dibble. Otaki Mail. 3. 16 December 1932.
- 5.University of Otago. Warren Dibble – 1969: Nourishing the roots. 2008.
- 6.University of Otago. The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. 2014.
- 7.Hohaia. Parihaka: the art of passive resistance. Victoria University Press. 220. 2005. 0-86473-520-0.
- 8.Lord, Bob. Ancient Maori myth was given dramatic Downstage showing. Salient. 14 April 1967.
- 9.Downstage celebrates life of Tim Eliott, its first artistic director. Wellington Scoop. 6 May 2011.
- 10.NZ On Screen. Irene Wood – biography.
- 11.Cody. The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama. Columbia University Press. 2. 961. 2007. 978-0-231-14424-7.
- 12.Warren Ambrose Dibble obituary. New Zealand Herald. 8 August 2014.
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