Barry Mitcalfe

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Name Barry Mitcalfe Role Poet		Died 1986

Education Victoria University of Wellington Books Maori poetry, Look to the Land, Maori, Hey Hey Hey

Barry Mitcalfe (1930–1986) was a New Zealand poet, editor, and peace activist. Born 31 March 1930 in Wellington, New Zealand, Mitcalfe studied at Victoria University of Wellington, where he received a Diploma in Education in 1962, and a Bachelor of Arts (with honors) in 1963. In the 1960s and early 1970s he was a leader of the New Zealand movement against the Vietnam War, and co-edited several booklets on the issue. After the war ended he became a leader of the New Zealand anti-nuclear movement. In 1981 he was a writer-in-residence at the South Australia College of Advanced Education, and in 1982 held an Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing at the University of Canterbury.

Published works

Thirty Poems, Hurricane House, 1960.

Poetry of the Maori, Paul's Book Arcade, 1961.

Salvation Jones, Torbay, 1962.

Nine New Zealanders, Whitcombe & Tombs, Christchurch, 1963.

The Long Holiday, Whitcombe & Tombs, Christchurch, 1964.

Polynesian Studies, Wellington Teachers' Training College, 1964.

Writing: poems, Wellington Teachers College Arts Council, 1969.

Maori Poetry: The Singing Word, Victoria University Press, 1974.

Moana, Seven Seas, 1975.

Migrant, Caveman Press, 1975.

I Say, Wait for Me, (short stories), Outrigger, 1976.

Maori, Coromandel, 1980;

The Square Gang, Faber, 1981.

The North Sun, Moon, and Stars, Coromandel, 1982.

Beach, Coromandel, 1982.

Northland, Coromandel, 1984.

Look to the Land, Coromandel, 1986.

References

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