Booker Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (1985) Winner
Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme
ケリ・ハルム
Keri Hulme
Pen Names:
Kai Tainui（Pen name used for some poetry and short stories）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1947-03-09 （Christchurch (Burwood Hospital)）
- Died
- 2021-12-27 （Waimate (care home)） age 74
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Atheist / non-religious
- Residence History
- Christchurch (birthplace, childhood) → Ōkārito (lived for about 40 years; built an octagonal house) → Waimate (late life; died in a care home)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, short-story writer, author
- Active Years
- 1970-2021
- Influenced By
- Enid Blyton (early reading influence), Māori mythology, Celtic mythology, Norse mythology
- Influenced
- New Zealand writers and subsequent women writers
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Canterbury | Faculty of Law (attended) | Law | — | 1967（4学期在籍後中退） | New Zealand |
University of Canterbury
Faculty of Law (attended)
/ Law
Period:
1967（4学期在籍後中退）
Country:
New Zealand
Began studying honours law in 1967 but left after four terms
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award | Hooks and Feelers (short story) | — | Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award (administered by BNZ heritage/organisers) | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Māori Trust Fund Prize | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| 1984 | New Zealand Book Award for Fiction (Book of the Year) | The Bone People | フィクション | New Zealand Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Mobil Pegasus Award for Māori Literature | The Bone People | — | Mobil Pegasus | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Booker Prize | The Bone People | — | The Booker Prizes | 受賞（ニュージーランド人として初、デビュー長編としても初） |
| 1987 | Chianti Ruffino-Antico Fattore Prize | The Bone People | — | Italian prize (organiser unknown) | 受賞 |
| 1990 | New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal | — | — | New Zealand government | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Robert Burns Fellowship | — | — | University of Otago | 受賞／フェロー |
Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award
1975
Work:
Hooks and Feelers (short story)
Organization:
Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award (administered by BNZ heritage/organisers)
Result:
受賞
Māori Trust Fund Prize
1977
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
New Zealand Book Award for Fiction (Book of the Year)
1984
Work:
The Bone People
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
New Zealand Book Awards
Result:
受賞
Mobil Pegasus Award for Māori Literature
1984
Work:
The Bone People
Organization:
Mobil Pegasus
Result:
受賞
Booker Prize
1985
Work:
The Bone People
Organization:
The Booker Prizes
Result:
受賞（ニュージーランド人として初、デビュー長編としても初）
Chianti Ruffino-Antico Fattore Prize
1987
Work:
The Bone People
Organization:
Italian prize (organiser unknown)
Result:
受賞
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
1990
Organization:
New Zealand government
Result:
受賞
Robert Burns Fellowship
1977
Organization:
University of Otago
Result:
受賞／フェロー
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Bone People
1984 NovelA novel set in New Zealand exploring isolation, healing and cultural/personal identity through the lives and relationships of its central characters; past traumas and reconciliation are central themes.
isolationidentityMāori culturemythic elementshealing
Translations
- Original English (The Bone People)
BAIT
Unfinished novelA planned novel about fishing and death, described by Hulme as one of a pair with On the Shadow Side. Unfinished.
seadeathnature
The silences between (Moeraki Conversations)
1982 PoetryA collection of poems and conversations related to Moeraki.
landmemorysilence
Lost Possessions
1985 PoetryA poetry collection published by Victoria University Press.
lossmemory
Stonefish
2004 Collection of short stories and poemsA 2004 collection of short stories and poems.
seamemoryland
Bibliography
- The Bone People (1984)
- The silences between (Moeraki Conversations) (1982)
- Lost Possessions (1985)
- Strands (1993)
- Te Kaihau: The Windeater (1986)
- Te Whenua, Te Iwi / The Land and The People (co-edited, 1987)
- Homeplaces: Three Coasts of the South Island of New Zealand (autobiography, 1989)
- Hokitika Handmade (1999)
- Ahua – the story of Moki (2000, libretto)
- Stonefish (2004)
Adaptations
- Hooks and Feelers (short film based on Hulme's short story, 1983)
- Hinekaro Goes On a Picnic and Blows Up Another Obelisk (short film, 1995)
Translations of Works
- The Bone People (translated into multiple languages)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical, mythic proseregional and metaphor-rich style
- Recurring Motifs
- isolationsea and naturedreams and the fantasticcultural hybridity (Māori and European)
Health
-
Dementia晩年（詳細な発症年は不明）Affected later life and work; she died in a care home from dementia
Legacy
Keri Hulme was the first New Zealander to win the Booker Prize (1985) for a debut novel, establishing an international reputation. Her incorporation of Māori culture and myth into a distinctive style influenced writers and scholars both in New Zealand and abroad.
Academic Societies
- Robert Burns Fellowship (fellow, 1977)
Quotes
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“Moeraki is my turangawaewae-ngakau, the standing-place of my heart.”
Source: Interview / autobiographical writings
Trivia
- Birth name was recorded as Kerry, but family used the spelling Keri; she legally changed her name to Keri in 2001.
- Built an octagonal house in Ōkārito and lived there for around 40 years.
- Identified as aromantic and asexual and stated she was an atheist.
- Won the Booker Prize in 1985 for The Bone People — the first New Zealander and the first debut novelist to win.