Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt CBE (4 June 1932 â€" 10 October 2004)
was a New Zealand writer[1][2] and occasional
playwright.[1][3]Shadbolt was born in Auckland, and was the eldest of
three children. He had a younger brother and sister, Peter and Julia.
Shadbolt was educated at Te Kuiti High School, Avondale College and
Auckland University College. In total, Shadbolt wrote 11 novels, four
collections of short stories, two autobiographies, a war history, and
a volume of journalism, as well as plays.[2] His first collection of
short stories, The New Zealanders, won publication in the United
Kingdom, as well as New Zealand.His most famous book is probably
Season of the Jew (1987), which recounts the story of Te Kooti.In the
1989 New Year Honours, Shadbolt was appointed a Commander of the Order
of the British Empire, for services to literature.[4]
was a New Zealand writer[1][2] and occasional
playwright.[1][3]Shadbolt was born in Auckland, and was the eldest of
three children. He had a younger brother and sister, Peter and Julia.
Shadbolt was educated at Te Kuiti High School, Avondale College and
Auckland University College. In total, Shadbolt wrote 11 novels, four
collections of short stories, two autobiographies, a war history, and
a volume of journalism, as well as plays.[2] His first collection of
short stories, The New Zealanders, won publication in the United
Kingdom, as well as New Zealand.His most famous book is probably
Season of the Jew (1987), which recounts the story of Te Kooti.In the
1989 New Year Honours, Shadbolt was appointed a Commander of the Order
of the British Empire, for services to literature.[4]
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