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Predecessor to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Established by the New Zealand Literary Fund, a government organisation, in 1976. Annual awards were presented for literary merit in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and (later) book production. General writing 1976 1995 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Arts Foundation Laureate Awards celebrate and empower New Zealand’s most outstanding practising artists - artists whose practise also has an impact on New Zealand. [ 22 ] Laureates are able to use their award in any way they choose, for example, in the creation of new works, or the freedom to concentrate time and resources into the ...
New Zealand writer with record of literary achievement: Location: Menton, France: Country: New Zealand: Presented by: Arts Foundation of New Zealand: Reward(s) Grant of NZ$35,000 to cover travel and living costs: First awarded: 1970; 55 years ago () Website: www.thearts.co.nz /awards /katherine-mansfield-menton-fellowship
Michèle A'Court (born 1961), comedian, memoirist and non-fiction writer; Avis Acres (1910–1994), artist, writer, illustrator and conservationist; Pip Adam (living), fiction writer and reviewer
His Penguin History of New Zealand was the most popular New Zealand book of 2004 and was named by The New Zealand Herald in 2009 as the best book of the preceding decade. [69] Recent essay collections by Asian New Zealand writers include All Who Live on Islands (2019) by Rose Lu and Small Bodies of Water (2021) by Nina Mingya Powles. [70] [71]
In 2005 Grace received an Icon Award from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, an award bestowed on twenty of New Zealand's most significant living artists for extraordinary lifetime achievement. [58] In 2006, she was one of three honourees awarded a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement , recognising her significant contribution to ...
Renée received the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Literary Fund Playwrights Award for 1986, then the largest award available for playwrights in New Zealand worth $10,000. [29] Peter Tapsell , then New Zealand's Minister for the Arts, described her as one of the most distinguished playwrights in New Zealand. [ 30 ]
In 2016, following consultation with the New Zealand writing community, the Award was re-launched to provide an award for one writer each year for the following three years. [5] Its aim is to provide financial support for New Zealand writers of non-fiction books, including those with an education focus, to help them spend time on specific non ...