Michael King (historian)

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Michael King

Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (2003)
RelativesJonathan King (son)
Rachael King (daughter)

Michael King

OBE (15 December 1945 – 30 March 2004) was a New Zealand historian, author, and biographer. He wrote or edited over 30 books on New Zealand topics, including the best-selling Penguin History of New Zealand, which was the most popular New Zealand book of 2004.[1]

Life

King was born in Wellington, one of four children to Eleanor and Lewis King, and grew up at

New Zealand Studies at Georgetown University
in Washington, D.C., and taught or held fellowships at six other universities.

Although not Māori himself,

Te Puea Herangi, Whina Cooper, Frank Sargeson (1995) and Janet Frame (2000). As a historian, King's works include Being Pākehā (1985), Moriori (1989), and The Penguin History of New Zealand (July 2003), the latter of which was, by February 2004, into its seventh edition. In all, King wrote, co-wrote and edited more than 30 books on a diverse range of New Zealand topics. He contributed to all five volumes of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
.

King was always sensitive to the fact that he was a

British colonisation.[11]

King's two children with his first wife Ros are the filmmaker

throat cancer
discovered in October 2003, which was in remission by 2004.

Following King's death, an essay of his on John Money was published in an exhibition catalogue for the Eastern Southland Gallery in Gore; King had wanted to write a full biography on Money, but had been unable to get a sufficient grant to do so.[13]

Death

King and his second wife, Maria Jungowska, were killed when their car crashed into a tree and caught fire near

State Highway 2 in the north Waikato. The cause of the crash was a mystery at the time, but a coroner's inquest determined it was most likely caused by driver inattention.[14]

Honours and awards

In 1980, King won the

Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to literature.[15] Also in 1988, he received a Fulbright Visiting Writers' Fellowship
.

He won several prizes at the

Wattie Book of the Year Award in 1984 and 1990; and in 2004 his book, The Penguin History of New Zealand, was overwhelmingly voted the readers' choice award winner. He received New Zealand Literary Fund awards in 1987 and 1989, and was the Burns Fellow at the University of Otago
in 1998–1999.

King was winner of the 2003

Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in non-fiction,[16] and the same year The New Zealand Herald named him New Zealander of the Year.[17]

Legacy

New Zealand’s largest writing fellowship is the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers’ Fellowship, it "supports established writers to work on a major project over two or more years".[18] Past fellows are: Owen Marshall, Vincent O’Sullivan, CK Stead, Rachel Barrowman, Neville Peat, Fiona Kidman, Philip Simpson and in 2023 Danny Keenan.[18][19]

Bibliography

  • Moko: Maori Tattooing in the 20th Century (1972)
  • Make it News: how to approach the media (1974)
  • Face Value: a study in Maori portraiture (1975)
  • Te Ao Hurihuri: Aspects of Maoritanga (ed.) (1975)
  • Te Puea: a biography (1977)
  • Tihe Mauri Ora: Aspects of Maoritanga (ed.) (1978)
  • New Zealand: Its Land and Its People (1979)
  • The Collector: A Biography of Andreas Reischek (1981)
  • Being Maori – John Rangihau (1981)
  • New Zealanders at War (1981)
  • A Place to Stand: a history of Turangawaewae Marae (1981)
  • G.F. von Tempsky, Artist and Adventurer (with Rose Young) (1981)
  • New Zealand in Colour (1982)
  • Maori: A Photographic and Social History (1983)
  • Whina: A Biography of Whina Cooper (1983)
  • Te Puea Herangi: from darkness to light (1984)
  • Being Pakeha: An Encounter with New Zealand and the Maori Renaissance (1985)
  • Auckland (with Eric Taylor) (1985)
  • Kawe Korero: A guide to reporting Maori activities (1985)
  • Death of the Rainbow Warrior (1986)
  • New Zealand (1987)
  • After the War: New Zealand since 1945 (1988)
  • One of the Boys?: changing views of masculinity in New Zealand (1988)
  • Apirana Ngata: e tipu e rea (1988)
  • Moriori: A People Rediscovered (1989)
  • A Land Apart: The Chatham Islands of New Zealand (1990)
  • Pākehā: The quest for identity in New Zealand (1991)
  • Hidden Places: A Memoir in Journalism (1992)
  • Coromandel (1993)
  • Frank Sargeson: A Life (1995)
  • God's Farthest Outpost: A History of Catholics in New Zealand (research by Merle van de Klundert) (1997),
    ISBN 0-670-87652-6
  • Nga Iwi o te Motu: One thousand years of Maori history (1997)
  • Being Pākehā Now: reflections and recollections of a white native (1999)
  • Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame (2000)
  • Tomorrow Comes the Song: A Life of Peter Fraser (with Michael Bassett) (2000)
  • Tread Softly For You Tread On My Life: new & collected writings (2001)
  • An Inward Sun: The World of Janet Frame (2002)
  • At the Edge of Memory: A family story (2002)
  • Penguin History of New Zealand (2003)
  • The Silence Beyond (2011) (selected writings)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ten years of NZ books". New Zealand Herald. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ Pickmere, Arnold (1 April 2004). "Obituary: Michael King". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Lewis King". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 25 August 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Schuler, Annabel (2006). Michael King: Journalist (PDF) (MA). University of Canterbury. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Michael King". Michael King Writers Centre. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. Oxford Reference
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  7. ^ Schuler, Annabel (2006). Michael King: Journalist (PDF) (MA). University of Canterbury. p. 59. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  8. ^ Shieff, Sarah (2004). "Michael King 1945-2004". Journal of New Zealand Literature (22): 12.
  9. ISBN 9780143565567
    .
  10. ^ Watkin, Tim. "The People's Historian" New Zealand Listener Vol 193 No 3335, 10–16 April 2004.
  11. ISBN 9780143019565
    .
  12. ISBN 9780143019565
    .
  13. ^ "Unpublished King essay set for release". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  14. ^ Boyes, Nicola (24 February 2005). "Historian's death puzzles coroner". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  15. ^ "No. 51173". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1987. p. 34.
  16. ^ "Previous winners". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  17. ^ Watkin, Time (20 December 2003). "Herald New Zealander of the Year: Michael King". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  18. ^ a b "Michael King Fellowship recipient announced". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Dr Danny Keenan awarded the prestigious Michael King Writer's Fellowship". creativenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

External links

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