Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard
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New Zealand author (b. June 4, 1932, Auckland, N.Z.—d. Oct. 10, 2004, Taumarunui, N.Z.), was celebrated for historical novels about his native country. His trilogy on the Maori wars of the 19th century—
Season of the Jew (1986),
Monday's Warriors (1990), and
The House of Strife (1993)—was widely regarded as his best work. Shadbolt attended Auckland University College and initially worked as a journalist and as a documentary film director and scriptwriter. His early short stories, which often focused on the clash between modern New Zealand and its traditional culture, were collected in
The New Zealanders (1959) and
Summer Fires and Winter Country (1963). Shadbolt's novels set in contemporary New Zealand included
Among the Cinders (1965),
This Summer's Dolphin (1969),
Strangers and Journeys (1972), and
A Touch of Clay (1974). In 1980 he turned to historical fiction with
The Lovelock Version, a chronicle of a pioneer family. Shadbolt was a frequent contributor to magazines that included
National Geographic. His other nonfiction work included
The Shell Guide to New Zealand (1968) and
One of Ben's (1993), an autobiography. Shadbolt's works garnered numerous literary awards, including New Zealand Book of the Year four times; in 1989 he was made CBE.
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Shadbolt, Maurice — ▪ New Zealander author in full Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt born June 4, 1932, Auckland, New Zealand died October 10, 2004, Taumarunui New Zealander author of novels and short stories set in his native land, which he has called “a… … Universalium
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Shadbolt — [ ʃædbɔlt], Maurice Francis Richard, neuseeländischer Schriftsteller, * Auckland 4. 6. 1932; arbeitet als Journalist, Publizist und Drehbuchautor. In seinen Romanen untersucht er, mithilfe ironischer Umsetzung konventioneller realistischer… … Universal-Lexikon
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