Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2007) Winner
Dick Scott
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Dick Scott
Aliases:
Richard George Scott
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1923-11-17 （Palmerston North）
- Died
- 2020-01-01 （Auckland） age 96
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Farm at Whakarongo near Palmerston North → Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Career
- Occupations
- historian, journalist
- Active Years
- 1952-2004
- Memberships
- Communist Party of New Zealand
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston North Boys' High School | — | Unknown | — | — | New Zealand |
| Massey University | — | Agriculture | Diploma of Agriculture | — | New Zealand |
Palmerston North Boys' High School
Unknown
Country:
New Zealand
Attended before university
Massey University
Agriculture
Degree:
Diploma of Agriculture
Country:
New Zealand
Diploma of Agriculture
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit | — | — | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Non-Fiction) | — | Non-Fiction | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 1979 | New Zealand Book Award (Non-Fiction) | Seven Lives on Salt River | Non-Fiction | New Zealand Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 1979 | J M Sherrard prize | Seven Lives on Salt River | Regional History | — | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Honorary Doctorate | — | — | Massey University College of Humanities and Social Sciences | 受賞 |
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
2002
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Non-Fiction)
2007
Category:
Non-Fiction
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
New Zealand Book Award (Non-Fiction)
1979
Work:
Seven Lives on Salt River
Category:
Non-Fiction
Organization:
New Zealand Book Awards
Result:
受賞
J M Sherrard prize
1979
Work:
Seven Lives on Salt River
Category:
Regional History
Result:
受賞
Honorary Doctorate
2016
Organization:
Massey University College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2011) Winner
Works
Major Works
Ask That Mountain: The Story of Parihaka
1975 Non-fiction historyRecounts the non-violent Māori resistance to European occupation at Parihaka.
Māori historycolonialismsocial justice
151 Days
1952 Non-fictionAccount of the 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute.
labor disputessocial history
Seven Lives on Salt River
1979 Regional historyHistory related to Auckland region.
regional historyPākehā settlement
Bibliography
- 151 Days (1952)
- The Parihaka Story (1954)
- In Old Mount Albert: Being a History of the District (1961)
- Inheritors of a Dream: A Pictorial History of New Zealand (1962)
- Winemakers of New Zealand (1964)
- Ask That Mountain: The Story of Parihaka (1975)
- Fire on the Clay: The Pakeha Comes to West Auckland (1979)
- Seven Lives on Salt River (1979)
- Years of the Pooh-Bah: A Cook Islands History (1991)
- Would a Good Man Die? Niue Island, New Zealand, and the late Mr Larsen (1993)
- Dick Scott: A Radical Writer's Life (2004)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Energetic and immediate narrativeNarrative history focusing on social justice
- Recurring Motifs
- Māori resistancedark side of colonialismlabor movements
Legacy
Renowned for bringing the Parihaka story to non-Māori New Zealanders, considered one of New Zealand's most influential books.
Trivia
- Daughter is novelist Rosie Scott.
- In 2011, auctioned a Don Binney painting owned for nearly 50 years, donating NZD $300,000 to Christchurch earthquake appeal.