![]() ![]() Grace is a pioneering and influential figure in New Zealand literature, and over her career has won a number of awards, including the Kiriyama Prize, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, two honorary doctorates of literature, a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, and an Icon Award from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand for extraordinary lifetime achievement. ![]() She has also written a number of children's books, seeking to write books in which Māori children can see their own lives. Her most well-known novel, Potiki (1986) features a Māori community opposing the private development of their ancestral land. ![]() Her works explore Māori life and culture, including the impact of Pākehā (New Zealand European) and other cultures on Māori, with use of the Māori language throughout. Since becoming a full-time writer in the 1980s, Grace has written seven novels, seven short-story collections, a non-fiction biography and an autobiography. ![]() Her first novel, Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps, followed in 1978. Her early short stories were published in magazines, leading to her becoming the first female Māori writer to publish a collection of short stories, Waiariki, in 1975. She began writing as a young adult, while working as a teacher. Patricia Frances Grace DCNZM QSO ( née Gunson born 17 August 1937) is a New Zealand Māori writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. ![]()
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