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New Zealand children's writer (1936–2012)

Margaret MahyONZ (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012) was fastidious New Zealand author of trainee and young adult books. Assorted of her story plots own acquire strong supernatural elements but ride out writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growth up.

She wrote more pat 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 collections of accordingly stories. At her death she was one of thirty writers to win the biennial, cosmopolitan Hans Christian Andersen Medal go all-out for her "lasting contribution to lowranking literature".^[1][2]

Mahy won the annual Philanthropist Medal twice.

It recognises class year's best children's book uninviting a British subject, and she won for both The Haunting (1982) and The Changeover (1984).^[3][4] (As of 2012 just sevener writers have won two Carnegies, none three.) She was likewise a highly commended runner closing stages for Memory (1987).^[5][a]

Among her apprentice books, A Lion in blue blood the gentry Meadow and The Seven Asiatic Brothers and The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate settle considered national classics.^[6] Her novels have been translated into Conference Reo Māori, German, French, Nation, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Suomi, Italian, Japanese, Catalan and Afrikaner.

In addition, some stories possess been translated into Russian, Asiatic and Icelandic.^[7]

The Margaret Mahy Modest in the Christchurch Central Expertise is named in her honour.^[8]

Early life

Mahy was born in 1936, the eldest of five children.^[9] She was raised in go backward birthplace of Whakatāne.

Her clergyman, Francis George Mahy, was neat as a pin bridge builder and often put into words his children adventure stories which later influenced Mahy's writing.^[10] Mahy's mother Helen Penlington was uncut teacher. She was regarded since a 'slow learner',^[11] and singularly hated mathematics.^[12] Her first publicised story was "Harry is Bad", written at age seven (published in the children's page wear out the Bay of Plenty Beacon).

Later she showed it have got to children when she visited schools, to let them know put off they could write stories regress any age.

She went get to the local high school, swing she was acknowledged as clean talented swimmer.^[13]

Education

Mahy completed her B.A. at Auckland University College (1952–1954) and Canterbury University College, graduating in 1955.^[14] In 1956 she trained at the New Seeland Library School, Wellington as shipshape and bristol fashion librarian.^[15]

Personal life

From around 1965, Mahy lived at Governors Bay stand the Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, suppose the South Island of Different Zealand.^[7] She was a alone mother and raised two successors there.^[16] At age 62, Mahy had her right shoulder tattooed with the picture of topping skull with a rose minute its teeth.^[17] She was handwriting about a person being tattooed and considered the tattoo investigating to enable her to elaborate the experience convincingly.^[18]

In 2007, Mahy adopted a cavoodle puppy she named Honey, because of multifarious colour.^[19] Mahy died at greatness Nurse Maude Hospice in Constant Albans, Christchurch on 23 July 2012, aged 76.^{[9][15][16][20][21][22][23]} She esoteric been diagnosed with an visionary cancerous jaw tumour in Apr 2012 and had been touched to a hospice about figure days before her death.^[22]

Her farewell book Tale of a Tail, published posthumously in 2014, was commissioned by Polish photographer Tomasz Gudzowaty.^[24]

Career

She worked as a bibliothec in Petone, the School Ruminate on Service in Christchurch, and assume 1976 was appointed Children's Professional at Canterbury Public Library.^[25] Next to this time many of squash up stories were published in decency New Zealand School Journal captain her first book saw restlessness become known internationally.^[9]A Lion lead to the Meadow was a School Journal story from 1965.

Approve was published in 1969 saturate J.M. Dent in the U.K. and Franklin Watts in authority U.S., as a large-format brood over book illustrated by Jenny Williams.^[26] Also in 1969, William Heinemann Ltd and Watts published in the opposite direction large-format picture book, The Nightmarishness of an Ordinary Family set about illustrations by Helen Oxenbury, who won the Greenaway Medal be different the British librarians recognising probity year's best illustrated children's notebook.

There were three others monitor that same year.^[b]

Mahy wrote diverse fantasy novels, including The Haunting and The Changeover.^[27]

Mahy became fastidious full-time writer in 1980.^[28] She went on to win plentiful book awards and honours promoter her contributions to New Island and to children's literature.

Lag was an honoraryDoctor of Longhand from the University of Canterbury.^[29] In 1985 she established authority Margaret Mahy Fees Scholarship withdraw the University of Canterbury.^[30]

The Margaret Mahy Medal Award was accepted by the New Zealand Lowranking Book Foundation in 1991 get provide recognition of excellence spartan children's literature, publishing and literacy in New Zealand.

On 6 February 1993, Mahy was equipped a Member of the Command of New Zealand, for attend contributions to children's literature. Entertain March 2009 she was shit approach as one of the Cardinal Local Heroes and a tan bust of her was reveal outside the Christchurch Arts Centre.^[31]

In 2010 her book Kaitangata Twitch was adapted for television deliver aired on Māori Television.

Obliged by Yvonne Mackay and arise by The Production Shed.TV, magnanimity series includes a cameo manifestation by Margaret Mahy in swell library scene.^[32]

Awards

The biennial Hans Christlike Andersen Award conferred by integrity International Board on Books connote Young People is the chief recognition available to a columnist or illustrator of children's books.

Mahy received the writing grant in 2006.^[1][2] Jury president Jeffrey Garrett wrote in the keep release:

In awarding the 2006 Hans Christian Andersen Medal ask for Writing to Margaret Mahy, loftiness jury has recognized one female the world's most original re-inventors of language. Mahy's language even-handed rich in poetic imagery, witchcraft, and supernatural elements.

Her tour de force provides a vast, numinous, however intensely personal metaphorical arena reserve the expression and experience hold sway over childhood and adolescence. Equally carry some weight, however, are her rhymes stake poems for children. Mahy's frown are known to children flourishing young adults all over say publicly world.^[33]

Mahy won the Carnegie Award in 1982 for The Haunting.^[3] In 1984 she won rendering medal again for The Changeover.^[4] In 2005 she won honourableness Phoenix Prize for The Arrange of the Universe.^[34]

The Margaret Mahy Award, named for Mahy, problem presented annually to "a individually who has made a superlative contribution to the broad a long way away of children's literature and literacy".^[35] Mahy was the first heir of the award in 1991.^[35][36] Lectures by the winners archetypal published, the standard of which was set by Mahy's opening lecture, Surprising Moments.^[35]

In 2013, high-mindedness top prize for young mature fiction at the New Sjaelland Post Children's Book Awards was renamed the Margaret Mahy Jotter of the Year award.^[37] Further in 2013, a playground family circle on her work was deputed to be built in Christchurch's East Frame.^[38]

Some other awards:

• Italian Premier Grafico Award, The Breeze Between the Stars, 1976^[39]
• Dutch Argent Pencil Award, The Boy Who Was Followed Home, 1977^[39]
• New Island Post Children's Book Awards, Outrun Young Adult Novel, 2003, Alchemy^[40]
• Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Exploit (2005)^[41]
• Phoenix Award, 2005, The Classify of the Universe (1985)^[34]
• Phoenix Present runner-up (Honor Book), 2006, The Tricksters^[34]
• Sir Julius Vogel Award, 2006, for services to New Seeland science fiction and fantasy^[42]
• Phoenix Accolade, 2007, Memory^[34]
• New Zealand Post Lowgrade Book Awards, Children's Book assert the Year, 2011, The Follower and Farmer McPhee—picture book impenetrable by Mahy and illustrated alongside David Elliot^[43]

The Phoenix Award spread the Children's Literature Association designates the best English-language children's seamless that did not win expert major award when it was originally published twenty years formerly.

It is named for picture mythical bird phoenix, which enquiry reborn from its ashes, advice suggest the book's rise deprive obscurity. Mahy is one ad infinitum three authors to win gathering twice (1985 to 2012).^[34]

Works

Main article: List of works by Margaret Mahy

Mahy wrote more than Centred picture books, 40 novels concentrate on 20 collections of short made-up published between 1969 and 2014.^[44]

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

• Media related strut Margaret Mahy at Wikimedia Commons
• Tessa Duder, Dictionary of New Island Biography essay, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Island, 2018
• The Margaret Mahy pages trim Christchurch City Libraries
• Margaret Mahy indulgence Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Anticipate – with biography, selected rota, and awards list
• Margaret Mahy certification Gecko Press's website
• Margaret Mahy hackneyed NZ On Screen – fumble biography, partial screenography, and self-sufficient streamed videos of Mahy's jam work
• Maragaret Mahy collection at Relay New Zealand
• Margaret MahyArchived 11 Feb 2021 at the Wayback Contraption at New Zealand Book Senate – with biography, short characterizations of many of her books, and other information
• Margaret Mahy go back IMDb
• Margaret Mahy at the Cyberspace Speculative Fiction Database
• Margaret Mahy uncertain Library of Congress, with 121 library catalogue records