Name Beryl Fletcher Role Novelist | ||
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Books The Word Burners, The Silicon Tongue, Juno & Hannah, The Bloodwood clan, The iron mouth |
New Zealand novelist Beryl Fletcher Died at 80
Beryl Fletcher (born 1938) is a New Zealand novelist. Her first novel, The Word Burners won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book, Asia/Pacific region.
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She graduated from the University of Waikato with a master's degree in Sociology in 1979. She was resident at the University of Iowa, International Writing Program. In 1999, she was Writer in Residence at Waikato University. In 2005, she was a Ledig House International Writers’ Resident. In 2006, she was Writer in Residence at the Randell Cottage.
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