Witi Ihimaera

Witi Ihimaera was a New Zealand novelist, writer and academic (born 1944). He was born at Gisborne.

Also recorded as Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler; Witi Tame Ihimaera.

Witi Ihimaera in brief

Born
1944
Known for
novelist,writer,academic
Place of birth
Gisborne

Overview

Born at Gisborne in 1944.

Recognition and collections

Witi Ihimaera received Queen's Service Medal, Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Exemplary/Supreme Award of the Te Waka Toi Awards, Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction), Fellow of the Academy of New Zealand Literature and Robert Burns Fellowship.

Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1987 to 2020.

Into the world of light : an anthology of Maori writing. Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies. Navigating the stars : Māori creation myths. The Whale Rider, dated 1987. Sky Dancer. Native Son: The writer's memoir, dated 2019. Navigating the Stars: Māori creation myths, dated 2020. Te Kaikaukau | The Swimmer. Whale Rider : (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition). Auckland. Whale Rider. Pounamu Pounamu. Nga Kupu Wero. Aroha. Oriori : a Māori child is born - from conception to birth / Robyn Kahukiwa, paintings, Roma Potiki, poems ; introduction by Witi ihimaera, lullaby by Keri Kaa., dated 1999, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

8 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

This Magnificent Accident: An Interview with Witi Ihimaera, The Contemporary Pacific, 2004. Ihimaera, Witi, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Ihimaera, Witi, The Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies, 2016. Ihimaera, Witi: Tangi, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Witi Ihimaera, Spiritcarvers, 1998. From Galileo to Aldo Moro, English Literature, 2016. Riding Across Cultural Boundaries: An Interview with Witi Ihimaera, Odisea, 2017. CHANGING NOTIONS OF WELLBEING IN NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE, RiCognizioni, 2016.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

for te whanau a kai and joy (1974) — Internet Archive. Pounamu, Pounamu (1973) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Witi Ihimaera studied at Victoria University of Wellington. the recorded working language is English.

Residence is recorded at Auckland. Employment is recorded with University of Auckland.

Works named in the authority record are Native Son: The writer's memoir and Navigating the Stars: Māori creation myths.

Distinctions recorded are Queen's Service Medal, Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Exemplary/Supreme Award of the Te Waka Toi Awards and Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction).

Chronology

  1. 1944Witi Ihimaera born at Gisborne.
  2. 1973Pounamu, Pounamu digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1974for te whanau a kai and joy digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1987The Whale Rider.
  5. 2019Native Son: The writer's memoir.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Witi Ihimaera”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q983228: Witi Ihimaera

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