Name Bruce Stewart | Role Fiction writer | |
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Books Broken Arse, Tama: And Other Stories, A Bloke Like Jesus | ||
Bruce Stewart (1936 – 28 June 2017) was a New Zealand fiction writer and dramatist of Ngāti Raukawa Te Arawa descent. Stewart's work is marked by expressions of the anger, confused loyalties and spiritual aspiration of late-twentieth-century Māori.
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Biography
Born in Hamilton, Stewart grew up in the Wairarapa and was educated at Wairarapa College.
He lived mainly in Wellington, where he successfully set up the first work trust and founded Tapu Te Ranga Marae at Island Bay, creating a centre for debate and education in Māori culture and protocol and for the redevelopment of native bush. He was president of Nga Puna Waihanga (Maori Writers and Artists Society) in 1982.
Stewart died at Tapu Te Ranga on 28 June 2017.
Published and televised
Broken Arse was published in Into the World of Light (1982) and Stewart later rewrote it as a playscript, which was performed in Wellington in 1990, televised and published by Victoria University Press in 1991. In that dramatic form, the strength of the rebellious prisoners stomping and chanting in unison became even more powerful as haka.
Books
Reviewed by;
Eggleton, David. Evening Post p.31; 27 May 1989.Mackrell, Brian. New Zealand Wildlife 11(88):32; Spring 1989.King, Michael. Metro 9(96):184–186; June 1989.Taylor, Apirana. Dominion Sunday Times p.17; 4 June 1989.Duggan, Sally. NZ Herald 2:6; 19 Aug 1989.Faith, Rangi. Listener 124(2572):71; 24 June 1989.ZMcEldowney, W.J.. Otago Daily Times p.24; 5 July 1989.Reviewed by;
Dale, Judith. New Zealand Books 1(4):8; March 1992.Cooke, Patricia. Dominion Sunday Times p.20; 29 Sep 1991.Performance
Reviews of performance at Depot Theatre
Evening Post p.24; 26 Feb 1990.Budd, Susan. Dominion p.11; 6 Mar 1990.Cooke, Patricia. Dominion Sunday Times p.18; 11 Mar 1990.Welch, Denis. Listener 128(2634):108; 10 Sep 1990.