Beryl Fletcher
Auteur van The Word Burners (Spinifex Feminist Classics)
Over de Auteur
Beryl Fletcher was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1938. She received a master's degree in sociology from Waikato University in 1979. Her first novel, The Word Burners, won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize in the Asia/Pacific region. Her other novels included The Iron Mouth, The Silicon Tongue, toon meer and The Bloodwood Clan. Her memoir, The House at Karamu, was published in 2003. She also wrote short stories. She died on February 21, 2018 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1938
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- New Zealand
- Opleiding
- Waikato University (MA|Sociology|1979)
- Organisaties
- Waikato University (writer-in-residence, 1999)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Randell Cottage Writers' Residency (2006)
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Besprekingen
Prijzen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 6
- Ook door
- 1
- Leden
- 57
- Populariteit
- #287,973
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 6
- ISBNs
- 25
- Talen
- 1
She grew up in England, the illegitimate child of a serving girl. When they fall on hard times she is sent to an orphanage. As a young teenager, after learning of her mother's death she is transported to a supposed better life in New Zealand. She reveals personal and secret details of her life and that of her daughter's.
I loved the portrayal of the women in this story, of their role in New Zealand society and what it was like to conceive a child out of marriage, the social pressures and dependence of women and the gradual evolution of their roles in New Zealand.
The setting and characters are beautifully depicted.… (meer)