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Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler DCNZM QSM (/ ˈ w ɪ t i ɪ h i ˈ m aɪ r ə /; born 7 February 1944) is a New Zealand author. Raised in the small town of Waituhi, he decided to become a writer as a teenager after being convinced that Māori people were ignored or mischaracterised in literature.
Witi Ihimaera (born February 7, 1944, Waituhi, near Gisborne, New Zealand) is a Māori author whose novels and short stories explore the clash between Māori and Pākehā (white, European-derived) cultural values in his native New Zealand.
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Ihimaera, Witi (Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler) (1944 – ), novelist, short story writer, anthologist and librettist, was born in Gisborne. He has the distinction of being the first Māori writer to publish both a book of short stories and a novel.
Witi Ihimaera is a novelist and short story writer from New Zealand, perhaps the best-known Māori writer today. He is internationally famous for The Whale Rider. Ihimaera lives in New Zealand and is of Māori descent and Anglo-Saxon descent through his father, Tom.
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Feb 23, 2023 · New Zealand’s renowned writer Witi Ihimaera talks history, homage and hope for the future with NICOLA MURRAY. Conversing with this living legend is more literary and cultural feast than interview.
Nov 4, 2019 · Witi Ihimaera is one of New Zealand’s most important and distinctive writers. His extensive career has covered short stories, novels, anthologies, libretti, and essays, and he formed a key part in the Māori Renaissance in the postwar decades.
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Witi Ihimaera. Three-time winner of the Wattie/Montana Book of the Year award, Katherine Mansfield fellow and playwright Witi Ihimaera is one of New Zealand’s most prolific and accomplished writers.
