Legacy in Letters

Acclaimed author Maurice Shadbolt (72) also passed away this October. Shadbolt burst onto the international scene in 1959 with the publication of his short story collection, The New Zealanders, and is widely regarded as one of the country’s most treasured and influential writers. His key works include Strangers and Journeys, The Lovelock Version, and Once on Chunuk Bair.  PM Helen Clark: “It is a sad day for NZ literature. He was a wonderful, wonderful writer.” Times OnLine: “Shadbolt made a major and lasting contribution to New Zealand literature, to New Zealanders understanding of themselves, to others understanding of New Zealand and its people, and to New Zealand’s literary and artistic community […] He was clever, vibrant, opinionated and larger than life.”

Maurice Shadbolt: 4 June 1932 – 10 October 2004