Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (2003) Winner
Stephanie Johnson
ステファニー・ジョンソン
Suteafanī Jonson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1961-01-01 （Auckland）
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Auckland, New Zealand → Australia
Career
- Occupations
- author, poet, playwright, short story writer
- Active Years
- 1985-2022
- Affiliations
- Auckland Writers' Festival
- Nominations
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards Fiction shortlist 1999 (The Whistler), Montana New Zealand Book Awards Fiction shortlist 2001 (Belief), Wattie Book Awards shortlist 1993, International Dublin Literary Award longlist 2006 (Music From a Distant Room), International Dublin Literary Award nomination 2008 (John Tomb's Head)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Bruce Mason Playwriting Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2003 | Deutz Medal for Fiction | The Shag Incident | Fiction | Montana New Zealand Book Awards | winner |
| 1996 | Dymocks/Quote Unquote Reader's Poll, Best New Zealand Book | The Heart’s Wild Surf, Crimes of Neglect | — | — | winner |
| 2019 | Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) | — | — | New Zealand Government | winner |
| 2022 | Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement | — | Fiction | New Zealand Government | winner |
Bruce Mason Playwriting Award
1985
Result:
winner
Deutz Medal for Fiction
2003
Work:
The Shag Incident
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Result:
winner
Dymocks/Quote Unquote Reader's Poll, Best New Zealand Book
1996
Work:
The Heart’s Wild Surf, Crimes of Neglect
Result:
winner
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
2019
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
winner
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement
2022
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2022) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Shag Incident
2002 novelThe Whistler
1998 novelBelief
2000 novelThe Heart’s Wild Surf
1996 novelWest Island
2019 creative non-fictionPartly autobiographical book about New Zealanders in Australia.
immigrationidentity
Bibliography
- The Glass Whittler (1989)
- Crimes of Neglect (1992)
- All the Tenderness Left in the World (1993)
- The Heart’s Wild Surf (1996)
- The Whistler (1998)
- Belief (2000)
- The Shag Incident (2002)
- Music From A Distant Room (2004)
- Drowned Sprat and Other Stories (2005)
- John Tomb's Head (2006)
- Swimmers' Rope (2008)
- The Open World (2012)
- The Writing Class (2013)
- The Writers’ Festival (2015)
- Playing for Both Sides (2016)
- West Island (2019)
- Everything Changes (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- contemporary prosehumour and satire
- Recurring Motifs
- New Zealand identitymigration and belonging
Legacy
New Zealand author recognised for services to literature with MNZM and Prime Minister's Award. Co-founder of Auckland Writers' Festival.
Trivia
- Lived in Australia for much of her twenties.
- Married to film editor Tim Woodhouse.
- Taught creative writing at University of Auckland and others.