Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
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Edition 3 (2005) Winner
Philip Temple
フィリップ・テンプル
Firippu Tenpuru
Aliases:
Robert Philip Temple
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1939-01-01 （Yorkshire, England）
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Dunedin, New Zealand
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, children's author, non-fiction author
- Active Years
- 1962-2018
- Affiliations
- University of Otago
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Robert Burns Fellowship | — | — | University of Otago | won |
| 2003 | Ernest Scott History Prize | A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields | — | — | won |
| 2003 | Ian Wards Prize for Historical Writing | A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields | — | — | won |
| 2003 | Montana New Zealand Book Awards | A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields | Biography | — | won |
| 2003 | Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency | — | — | Creative New Zealand | won |
| 2005 | Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement | — | non-fiction | — | won |
Robert Burns Fellowship
1980
Organization:
University of Otago
Result:
won
Ernest Scott History Prize
2003
Work:
A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields
Result:
won
Ian Wards Prize for Historical Writing
2003
Work:
A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields
Result:
won
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
2003
Work:
A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields
Category:
Biography
Result:
won
Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency
2003
Organization:
Creative New Zealand
Result:
won
Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement
2005
Category:
non-fiction
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields
2002 biographyA history of the Wakefield clan in New Zealand.
historysettlementexploration
The Legend of the Kea
1986 children's literatureLegend about the New Zealand kea bird.
birdsnaturemythology
Kakapo, Parrot of the Night
1988 children's literatureChildren's book about the endangered kakapo parrot.
birdsecologyconservation
Kotuku, Flight of the White Heron
1994 children's literatureStory about the great egret, kotuku.
birdsnatureflight
Beak of the Moon
1981 novelNovel associated with outdoors.
natureadventure
Bibliography
- Nawok!: The New Zealand Expedition to New Guinea's Highest Mountains
- The Sea and the Snow: The South Indian Ocean Expedition to Heard Island
- The World at Their Feet
- Mantle of the Skies: Southern Alps of New Zealand
- Christchurch: A City and its People
- Castles in the Air: Men and Mountains in New Zealand
- New Zealand Explorers: Great Journeys of Discovery
- A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields
- The Last True Explorer: Into Darkest New Guinea
- Mountain: Where the Land Touches the Sky
- Life As A Novel: A Biography of Maurice Shadbolt. Volume One 1932–1973
- The Explorer
- Stations
- Beak of the Moon
- Sam
- Dark of the Moon
- To Each His Own
- White Shadows, Memories of Marienbad
- I Am Always With You
- MiStory
- The Legend of the Kea
- Kakapo, Parrot of the Night
- Kotuku, Flight of the White Heron
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- rich natural descriptionsadventure narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- mountaineeringNew Zealand birdsecology
Legacy
New Zealand author whose work is characterised by a strong association with the outdoors and New Zealand ecology.
Trivia
- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) recipient