Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2000) Winner
Owen Marshall
オーウェン・マーシャル
Owen Marshall
Aliases:
Owen Marshall Jones
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-08-17 （Te Kūiti）
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Te Kūiti (birth) place → Blenheim → Timaru
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, teacher
- Active Years
- 1979-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timaru Boys' High School | — | General | — | — | New Zealand |
| University of Canterbury | — | English | Master of Arts | — | New Zealand |
Timaru Boys' High School
General
Country:
New Zealand
Secondary education
University of Canterbury
English
Degree:
Master of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
New Zealand
English major
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Lilian Ida Smith Award | — | Fiction | New Zealand Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Lilian Ida Smith Award | — | Fiction | New Zealand Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit | — | — | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit | — | — | New Zealand Government | 昇進 |
| 2013 | Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement | — | フィクション部門 | Creative New Zealand | 受賞 |
Lilian Ida Smith Award
1985
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
New Zealand Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Lilian Ida Smith Award
1988
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
New Zealand Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
2000
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
2012
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
昇進
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
2013
Category:
フィクション部門
Organization:
Creative New Zealand
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2013) Winner
Works
Major Works
Harlequin Rex
1999 NovelA novel.
New Zealand life
The Larnachs
2011 NovelNovel based on the life of William Larnach.
HistoryFamily
Coming Home in the Dark
Short storyPsychological thriller short story adapted into film.
HorrorRevenge
Adaptations
- [Film] Coming Home in the Dark / James Ashcroft (2021)
Bibliography
- Supper Waltz Wilson, and Other New Zealand Stories
- The Master of Big Jingles & Other Stories
- The Day Hemingway Died, and Other Stories
- The Lynx Hunter, and Other Stories
- An indirect geography
- The Divided World: Selected Stories
- Tomorrow We Save the Orphans
- The Ace of Diamonds Gang and Other Stories
- Timeless Land
- The Best of Owen Marshall's Short Stories
- Harlequin Rex
- When Gravity Snaps
- The Larnachs
- Living as a Moon
- Love as a Stranger
- Pearly Gates
- Return to Harikoa Bay
- New Stories
Adaptations
- Coming Home in the Dark (2021 film, dir. James Ashcroft)
- The Rule of Jenny Pen (2024 film, dir. James Ashcroft)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise styleNew Zealand landscape descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- Dark side of everyday lifeProvincial life
Legacy
Prominent New Zealand short story writer and novelist, recipient of numerous awards.
Trivia
- Third of nine children.
- Father was a Methodist minister.
- Half-brother of Rhys Jones.