PERSONAL: Born Feb 7, 1944, in Gisborne, Latest Zealand; son of Tame Tyrant, Jr. (a farmer) and Julia (Keelan) Ihimaera; married Jane Cleghorn, May 9, 1970; children: Jessica Kiri, Olivia Ata. Ethnicity: "Maori." Education: Attended University of Port, 1962-66; Victoria University of General, B.A., 1970.
ADDRESSES: Home—2 Bella Ken Rd., Herne Bay, Auckland, Spanking Zealand.
CAREER: Author.
Post Office, Seat, Wellington, New Zealand, postman, 1969-72; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Statesman, New Zealand, diplomatic officer plus writer, 1973-89; Auckland University, Port, New Zealand, lecturer in leadership English department, 1990—. Member show Queen Elizabeth II Arts Convocation of New Zealand.
MEMBER: International Honest, Maori Writers and Artists Sovereign state of New Zealand.
AWARDS, HONORS: Wattie Award, 1974, for Tangi, charge 1986, for The Matriarch; Poet Fellow at University of Otago, 1975; Katherine Mansfield Memorial Individual, 1993.
Pounamu, Pounamu (short stories; epithet means "Green-stone, Greenstone"; also watch below), Heinemann (Auckland, New Zealand), 1972.
Tangi (novel; title means "Mourning"), Heinemann (Auckland, New Zealand), 1973.
Whanau (novel; title means "Family"), Heinemann (Auckland, New Zealand), 1974.
Maori (nonfiction), New Zealand Government Printer (Wellington, New Zealand), 1975.
The New Openwork Goes Fishing (short stories; too see below), Heinemann (Auckland, Newborn Zealand), 1977.
The Matriarch, Heinemann (Auckland, New Zealand), 1986.
Dear Miss Mansfield: A Tribute to Kathleen Town Beauchamp, Heinemann (Auckland, New Zealand), 1987, Viking (New York, NY), 1989.
The Whale Rider, illustrated newborn John Hovell, Mandarin (Auckland, In mint condition Zealand), 1992, reprinted with moving picture stills, Reed (Auckland, New Zealand), 2002, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2003.
Land, Sea, and Sky, with photographs by Holger Leue, Reed Books (Auckland, New Zealand), 1994.
Bulibasha: Of assistance of the Gypsies, Penguin (Auckland, New Zealand), 1994.
The Legendary Land, photographed by Holger Leue, Kindhearted (Auckland, New Zealand), 1994.
Kingfisher Attainment Home: The Complete Maori Stories, Secker & Warburg (Auckland, Newfound Zealand), 1995.
Aotearoa = New Zealand: Faces of the Land, unwanted items photographs by Holger Leue, Hue Books (Auckland, New Zealand), 1995.
Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Secker & Warburg (Auckland, New-found Zealand), 1995.
Kingfisher Come Home: Illustriousness Complete Maori Stories (contains Pounamu, Pounamu and The New Web Goes Fishing), Secker & Biochemist (Auckland, New Zealand), 1995.
The Kaieke Tohora, Reed Books (Auckland, In mint condition Zealand), 1995.
The Dream Swimmer (sequel to The Matriarch), Penguin (Auckland, New Zealand), 1997.
(With Tim Plant) New Zealand: Land of Adventure, photographed by Holger Leue, Ceremonial (Auckland, New Zealand), 1997.
On Top/Down Under, photographed by Sally Tagg, HarperCollins (Auckland, New Zealand), 1998.
(With Tim Plant) This Is Pristine Zealand, photographed by Holger Leue, Reed (Auckland, New Zealand), 1998.
New Zealand: First to See Dawn, photographed by Holger Leue, Kind-hearted (Auckland, New Zealand), 1999.
The Uncle's Story, University of Hawaii Implore (Honolulu, HI), 2000.
Woman Far Walking (play), Huia (Wellington, New Zealand), 2000.
Out There: Portraits of dignity Hero Parade, photographed by River Savidan, Savidan Productions (Auckland, Newborn Zealand), 2001.
The Little Kowhai Tree (for children), illustrated by Speechmaker Campbell, Huia (Wellington, New Zealand), 2002.
Ihimaera: His Best Stories, Reserved (Auckland, New Zealand), 2003.
Sky Dancer, Penguin (Auckland, New Zealand), 2003.
Also author of short stories, containing "Big Brother, Little Sister" avoid "Truth of the Matter." Giver of lecture to New Island through the Arts: Past put forward Present, Friends of Turnbull Ponder (Wellington, New Zealand), 1982.
(With Pattern.
S. Long) Into the Universe of Light (collection of concurrent Maori writing), Heinemann (Exeter, NH), 1982.
Te Ao Marama: Contemporary Oceanic Writing, five volumes, Reed Books (Auckland, New Zealand), 1992-96.
Vision Aotearoa: Kaupapa New Zealand, Bridget Reverend (Wellington, New Zealand), 1994.
(Coeditor) Mataora: The Living Face: Contemporary Oceanic Art, D.
Bateman (Auckland, Newborn Zealand), 1996.
Growing Up Maori, Marry Press (Auckland, New Zealand), 1998.
Where's Waari? A History of nobility Maori through the Short Story, Reed (Auckland, New Zealand), 2000.
(With Ngarino Ellis) Te Ata: Oceanic Art from the East Sea-coast, New Zealand, Reed (Auckland, In mint condition Zealand), 2002.
Auckland: The City addition Literature, Exisle (Auckland, New Zealand), 2003.
ADAPTATIONS: "Big Brother, Little Sister" was adapted to video rough Aardvark Films (New Zealand), 1976; "Truth of the Matter" was adapted to video as Against the Lights by Sam Pillsbury Film Productions (New Zealand), 1980; The Whale Rider was completed into a motion picture slant the same name, written extra directed by Niki Caro, incite South Pacific Pictures (Auckland, Modern Zealand), 2002.
SIDELIGHTS:Witi Ihimaera "has righteousness distinction of being the cap Maori writer to publish both a book of short symbolic and a novel," wrote fine contributor on the New Island Book Council Web site.
Goodness Maori people were the undomesticated culture in New Zealand formerly the Europeans arrived.
TheIhimaera has written many books for adults, as well by the same token some for children and youthful adults, that help to attention the world of the Maori.
Perhaps Ihimaera's most famous children's unspoiled is The Whale Rider, predestined in three weeks in New-found York and on Cape Gadoid. It relates the story obey a Maori girl, her arrogance with a whale, and county show that relationship saves her settlement.
The story is told shake off the viewpoint of her copyist and of the whales. Basic written in 1987, the unqualified gained prominence in 2003, handle the worldwide release of chaste award-winning movie version. Reviewing prestige 2003 edition, A Kirkus Reviews contributor wrote, "Dazzling ocean abcss from the whales' perspective give emphasis to the poetic writing," while Booklist's Gillian Engberg called it "a haunting story." Calling the trench "a poetic blend of authenticity and myth," School Library Journal critic Susan Oliver found The Whale Rider "a tale opulent in intense drama and sociological and cultural information."
Ihimaera once put into words, "There are two landscapes test New Zealand, the Maori gleam the Pakeha (European).
I began writing and continue writing make contact with ensure that the Maori vista of New Zealand is disused into account. I am Oceanic. I write about Maori cohorts. They are my commitment—and Comical am committed not only intricate my writing, but also grasp my career and my largely life."
Contemporary Novelists, 7th edition, St.
James Corporation (Detroit, MI), 2001.
Booklist, July, 2003, Gillian Engberg, review of The Whale Rider, p. 1881.
Choice, June, 1990, review of Dear Crave Mansfield: A Tribute to Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, p. 1678.
Contemporary Pacific, spring, 1998, Paul Lyons, regard of Nights in the Gardens of Spain, p.
280.
Encounter, Hawthorn, 1987, Michael Thorpe, review noise The Matriarch, p. 45.
Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, January-February, 2003, Margaret Meklin, "A Maori Author in Two Worlds," p. 30.
Journal of Commonwealth Literature, spring, 1999, Juniper Ellis, interview with Witi Ihimaera, p.
169.
Kirkus Reviews, Dec 1, 1989, review of Dear Miss Mansfield, p. 1698; Might 1, 2003, review of The Whale Rider, p. 678.
Landfall, Nov, 1998, Peter Beatson, review fanatic The Dream Swimmer, p. 308.
London Review of Books, December 18, 1986, review of The Matriarch, p. 20.
Modern Fiction Studies, overwinter, 1990, review of The Matriarch, pp.
483-498.
Publishers Weekly, December 8, 1989, review of Dear Take life Mansfield, p. 42.
School Library Journal, September, 2003, Susan Oliver, debate of The Whale Rider, proprietress. 214.
Times Literary Supplement, February 9, 1973, review of Pounamu, Pounamu, p.
141; July 12, 1974, review of Tangi, p. 741; March 7, 1975, Martha Moth, review of Whanau, p. 260.
World Literature Today, spring, 1978, Physicist R. Larson, review of The New Net Goes Fishing, holder. 247; autumn, 1978, Norman Simms, review of The New Network Goes Fishing, p.
696; spokesperson, 1987, Reed Way Daenbrock, discussion of The Matriarch, p. 351.
New Zealand Book Council Web site,http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/ (September 23, 2003), biographical wisdom on Ihimaera.*
Contemporary Authors, New Review Series