Topic: New Zealand literature

New Zealand literature In the 20th cent. New Zealand developed a vital literary tradition, though only a few of its authors are well-known outside its islands: Katherine Mansfield , short-story writer; Sylvia Ashton-Warner , novelist and teacher; Eileen Duggan, poet; Dame Ngaio Marsh , writer of detective fiction; and Janet Frame , novelist. Nonetheless, New Zealand has maintained a flourishing literary culture since the 1930s. John Mulgan and Frank Sargeson initiated the New Zealand school in the interwar years, followed after World War II by Maurice Duggan, James K. Baxter, and... Read more