New Zealand literature

New Zealand claims as its own many writers, even those immigrants born overseas or those emigrants who have gone into exile. Exceptions include Samuel Butler, whose Erewhon, set in New Zealand and written as a result of a stay in New Zealand, nevertheless arguably belongs primarily to English literature. Karl Wolfskehl forms another possible exception: his sojourn in Auckland belongs rather to the story of German literature.

Most New Zealand literary work appears in English, but Maori publication grows apace.

Writers who have contributed to New Zealand literature include:

• Barbara Anderson
• James K. Baxter
• Ursula Bethell[?]
• Charles Brasch[?]
• Allan Curnow[?]
• Dan Davin[?]
• Marilyn Duckworth[?]
• Barbara Ewing[?]
• Fiona Farrell-Poole[?]
• Janet Frame
• Maurice Gee
• Keri Hulme[?]
• Sam Hunt[?]
• Robin Hyde[?]
• Witi Ihimaera[?]
• John A. Lee[?]
• Elsie Locke[?]
• Bill Manhire[?]
• Owen Marshall[?]
• Bruce Mason[?]
• Margaret Mahy[?]
• Katherine Mansfield
• Cilla McQueen[?]
• Roland Hugh Morrieson[?]
• John Mulgan[?]
• William Pember Reeves[?]
• Frank Sargeson
• Maurice Shadbolt
• John Sligo[?]
• C. K. Stead[?]
• Jacqui Sturm[?]
• Philip Temple[?]
• Hone Tuwhare[?]
• Julius Vogel
• Ian Wedde[?]
• Albert Wendt[?]

External References

• New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre (http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/)
• New Zealand Book Council (http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/)