MAURICE SHADBOLT

'Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt' (4 June 1932—10 October 2004) was a New Zealand writer. His most famous book is probably ''Season of the Jew'' (1987), which recounts the story of Te Kooti. His works include:

★ ''New Zealanders: a Sequence of Stories'' (1961).

★ ''The New Zealanders'' (1961).

★ ''Western Samoa: The Pacific's Newest Nation'' (1962).

★ ''Among the Cinders'' (1965).

★ ''New Zealand's Cook Islands: Paradise in Search of a Future'' (1967).

★ ''An Ear of the Dragon'' (1971).

★ ''Strangers and Journeys'' (1972).

★ ''New Zealand: Gift of the Sea'' (1974).

★ ''Danger Zone'' (1975).

★ ''Isles of the South Pacific'' (1975).

★ ''Love and legend: Some 20th century New Zealanders'' (1976).

★ ''The Shell Guide to New Zealand'' (1976).

★ ''Figures in Light: Selected Stories'' (1978).

★ ''The Lovelock Version'' (1981).

★ ''Season of the Jew'' (1987).

★ ''Guide to New Zealand'' (1988).

★ ''Voice of Galipoli'' (1989).

★ ''Monday's Warriors'' (1990).

★ ''Once on Chunuk Bair'' (1982), a play. A film version ''Chunuk Bair'' was released in 1991.

★ ''House of Strife'' (1993).

★ ''One of Ben's'' (1993).

★ ''This Summer's Dolphin'' (1995).

★ ''Summer Fires and Winter Country'' (1996).

★ ''Dove on the Water'' (1998).

★ ''A Touch of Clay'' (1998).

★ ''From the Edge of the Sky: A Memoir'' (1999).
In total, Shadbolt wrote 11 novels, four collections of short stories, two autobiographies, a war history, and a volume of journalism, as well as plays.
Shadbolt suffered from Alzheimer's disease from April 1997 onwards. He was survived by five children. A cousin, Tim Shadbolt, is Mayor of Invercargill.

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★ New Zealand literature

External link

★ http://www.vuw.ac.nz/nzbookcouncil/writers/shadboltm.htm