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Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (9 March 1947 – 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui . Her novel The Bone People won the Booker Prize in 1985; [1] she was the first New Zealander to win the award, and also the first writer to win the prize for a debut novel .
Keri Hulme (born March 9, 1947, Christchurch, New Zealand—died December 27, 2021, Waimate) was a New Zealand novelist, poet, and short-story writer, chiefly known for her first novel, The Bone People (1983), which won the Booker Prize in 1985. Front cover of the Spiral Press first edition of Keri Hulme's The Bone People (1983).
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Jan 31, 2022 · How the 1985 Booker Prize winner broke through the British establishment with a novel that blended Māori mythology and European tradition. Explore the controversy, the criticism and the legacy of Keri Hulme's The Bone People.
Dec 28, 2021 · Keri Hulme, the Maori writer who became the first New Zealander to win the prestigious Booker Prize with her luminous debut novel, “ The Bone People ,” securing her place in the country’s ...
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Dec 27, 2021 · Keri Hulme was the first New Zealander to win the Booker Prize for her debut novel, The Bone People, in 1985. She was also a poet and a founder member of the Spiral Collective, a Maori publishing house.
Dec 28, 2021 · Keri Hulme, the first New Zealand author to win the prestigious Booker prize for her novel The Bone People, passed away on 27 December 2021. She was a Māori writer who explored themes of identity, violence and whakapapa in her works.
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Photo / NZME. Critically acclaimed novelist Keri Hulme has died aged 74. Hulme made history in 1985 when she became the first person from New Zealand to win the Booker Prize for her novel The Bone ...
