Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (2011) Winner
Fiona Kidman
フィオナ・キッドマン
Fiona Kidman
Aliases:
Dame Fiona Kidman / Dame Fiona Judith Kidman / Fiona Judith Eakin
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1940-03-26 （Hāwera）
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Northland Region → Kerikeri → Waipu → Rotorua → Wellington
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, scriptwriter, short story writer, librarian, freelance journalist, television producer
- Active Years
- 1960-2024
- Affiliations
- New Zealand Society of Authors, New Zealand Book Council
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Academy of New Zealand Literature
- Nominations
- 2012 New Zealand Book Awards Fiction shortlist (The Trouble with Fire), Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northland College | — | English | — | — | New Zealand |
Northland College
English
Country:
New Zealand
Won school English prize at age 13
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) | — | — | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) | — | — | British Government | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement | — | フィクション | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at Ockham New Zealand Book Awards | This Mortal Boy | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1988 | New Zealand Book Awards Fiction | The Book of Secrets | — | — | 受賞 |
Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM)
1998
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1988
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受賞
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement
2011
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
2019
Work:
This Mortal Boy
Result:
受賞
New Zealand Book Awards Fiction
1988
Work:
The Book of Secrets
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (2019) Winner
Ngaio Marsh Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2019) Winner
Works
Major Works
A Breed of Women
1979 Feminist novelA feminist novel about a young woman defying society's expectations in the 1970s.
women's liberationsubverting societal expectations
The Book of Secrets
1987 Historical novelFollows three generations of women from Nova Scotia to Australia to Waipu.
women's liveshistorical figures
This Mortal Boy
2018 Crime novelAbout Paddy Black, convicted of murder in 1955 after a fight at a milk bar.
youth immortalitymoral panicsocial justice
Bibliography
- A Breed of Women
- Mandarin Summer
- Paddy's Puzzle
- The Book of Secrets
- True Stars
- Ricochet Baby
- Songs from the Violet Cafe
- The Captive Wife
- The Infinite Air
- This Mortal Boy
Translations of Works
- French, German, Italian, Romanian etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realistic stylecool precise proseautobiographical elements
- Recurring Motifs
- women's livessocial justiceoutsiders in conformist societieshistorical settings
Health
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Milk allergy新生児期Briefly hospitalised as newborn
Legacy
Influential figure in New Zealand literature, exploring women's lives and social justice.
In Popular Culture
- Quotation on Wellington Writers Walk
Quotes
-
I married when I was twenty, had my first child when I was twenty-two, and we were poor. I had stopped work when my daughter was born, because that was the expectation in the 1960s. I offered myself to the local paper as a book reviewer and they took me up on it. I wrote scores, maybe hundreds of reviews.
Source: Interview (2018)
Trivia
- Nicknamed "Filthy Fiona" by some
- Husband awarded MNZM for landmine victim work in Cambodia
- Won school English prize at age 13