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第6回（2008年） Winner
William Hosking Oliver
ウィリアム・ホスキング・オリバー
Wiriāmu Hosukingu Orivā
別名:
W. H. Oliver / Bill Oliver
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1925-05-14 （Feilding）
- 死没
- 2015-09-16 （Wellington） 90歳
- 国籍
- New Zealand
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Christianity
- 居住地歴
- Feilding → Dannevirke → Wellington → Oxford → Canterbury → Palmerston North
経歴
- 職業
- Historian, poet, biographer
- 活動期間
- 1946年〜2015年
- 所属
- University of Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington, Massey University
- 影響を与えた人物
- Margaret Tennant
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dannevirke High School | — | High School | — | 1930s-1940s | New Zealand |
| Victoria University of Wellington | — | History | MA | 1940s-1951 | New Zealand |
| University of Oxford | Faculty of Social Studies | History | D.Phil | 1951-1954 | United Kingdom |
Dannevirke High School
High School
期間:
1930s-1940s
国:
New Zealand
Secondary education
Victoria University of Wellington
History
学位:
MA
期間:
1940s-1951
国:
New Zealand
MA degree
University of Oxford
Faculty of Social Studies
/ History
学位:
D.Phil
期間:
1951-1954
卒業年:
1954
国:
United Kingdom
PhD thesis: Organizations and ideas behind the efforts to achieve a general union of the working classes in the early 1830's
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | — | 歴史研究への貢献 | British Government | 受賞 |
| 1990 | New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal | — | — | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Honorary DLitt | — | — | Victoria University of Wellington | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement | — | ノンフィクション | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1990
部門:
歴史研究への貢献
主催:
British Government
結果:
受賞
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
1990
主催:
New Zealand Government
結果:
受賞
Honorary DLitt
1990
主催:
Victoria University of Wellington
結果:
受賞
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
2008
部門:
ノンフィクション
主催:
New Zealand Government
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Oxford History of New Zealand
1981年 HistoryComprehensive overview of New Zealand history, co-edited with Bridget Williams.
New Zealand historyColonialism
James K. Baxter: A Portrait
1983年 BiographyBiography of New Zealand poet James K. Baxter.
Poet biographyNew Zealand literature
Looking for the Phoenix: A Memoir
2002年 MemoirOliver's autobiographical memoir.
AutobiographyAcademic life
Fire Without Phoenix: Poems 1946–1954
1957年 PoetryEarly poetry collection.
Poetry
全著作
- Organizations and ideas behind the efforts to achieve a general union of the working classes in the early 1830's
- The Story of New Zealand
- Poetry in New Zealand
- Problems and prospects of conservatism in New Zealand
- Further steps towards a welfare state since 1935
- Challenge and response: a study of the development of the Gisborne East Coast region
- Prophets and Millennialists
- The Oxford History of New Zealand
- James K. Baxter: A Portrait
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, volume one, 1769–1869
- Claims to the Waitangi Tribunal
- The certainty of doubt: tributes to Peter Munz
- The social and economic situation of Hauraki Maori after colonisation
- Looking for the Phoenix: A Memoir
- Fire Without Phoenix: Poems 1946–1954
- Out of Season: Poems
- Poor Richard: Poems
- Bodily Presence: Words, Paintings
- Selected Poems
作風・主題
- 文体
- Detailed historical narrativeLyrical poetry
- 頻出モチーフ
- New Zealand identityLabour movement
評価・遺産
Renowned New Zealand historian and poet who led the development of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, making significant contributions to NZ history research and literature.
豆知識
- His father was a New Zealand Labour Party member who ran in elections.
- Both parents were Cornish immigrants.
- Met wife Dorothy Nielsen at a Christian conference in Christchurch.
- Had six children.