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Maurice Gough Gee (born 22 August 1931) is a New Zealand novelist. He is one of New Zealand's most distinguished and prolific authors, having written over thirty novels for adults and children, and has won numerous awards both in New Zealand and overseas, including multiple top prizes at the New Zealand Book Awards, the James Tait Black ...
Aug 18, 2024 · Maurice Gee, New Zealand novelist best known for his realistic evocations of New Zealand life and his fantastical tales for young adults. His most notable work is the Plumb trilogy, which examines the lives of three generations of a New Zealand family. Learn more about Gee’s life and career.
Maurice Gee is a distinguished New Zealand fiction writer. He has received numerous awards, nominations and grants for both his adult fiction and his young adult and children’s books, and was bestowed the prestigious Icon Award in 2003 by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand.
Maurice Gee has 55 books on Goodreads with 15773 ratings. Maurice Gee’s most popular book is Under the Mountain.
About Maurice Gee: One of New Zealand’s most distinguished novelists, born in Whakatane, passed much of his childhood in the country town of Henderson (n...
Jan 1, 2001 · Long regarded as one of the finest novels ever written by a New Zealander, Maurice Gee's Plumb introduces us to the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb, one of the most memorable characters in New Zealand literature &- half saint, half monster, superhuman in his spiritual strength and destructive in his utter self-absorption.
The Plumb trilogy is a series of three novels written by New Zealand author Maurice Gee: Plumb (1978), [1] Meg (1981), [2] and Sole Survivor (1983). [3]
Maurice Gee. Esteemed writer calls Nelson home. Maurice Gee was once described by Britain’s Sunday Times as ‘one of the finest writers at work, not only in New Zealand…but in the English-speaking world.’ 1. Maurice Gee, 1960. Marti Friedlander. Courtesy NZ Book Council. Click image to enlarge.
Nov 3, 2021 · Maurice Gee is a significant and much-loved New Zealand novelist, writing realistic evocations about New Zealand life. He has won numerous awards, nominations and grants for both his adult fiction and his young adult and children’s books. Maurice Gee was born in Whakatane in 1931.
Feb 17, 2005 · Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand's most significant living novelist, if “significance” is judged by the size, range, historical scope, thematic depth and consistent literary flair of an author's oeuvre.
