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Jones, Oliver and Smither win NZ PM's awardsThe winners of this year's New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement have been announced.Published 8 October, 2008 The winners of this year's New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement have been announced. Receiving $60,000 each for their contribution to New Zealand Literature were Lloyd Jones (for fiction), WH (Bill) Oliver (for nonfiction), and Elizabeth Smither (for poetry). New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said the work of the winners ‘reflects the nuances and subtleties of what it is to be a New Zealand writer'. ‘From the uniqueness of this country and the people who live here to worlds beyond these shores, their work adds depth and richness to our literary traditions.' The awards are administered by Creative New Zealand. Established in 2003, with previous recipients including Janet Frame, Maurice Gee, Margaret Mahy, Vincent O'Sullivan, Bill Manhire, and Philip Temple, the awards are nominated by New Zealanders and then assessed by a panel of literary experts and forwarded on for approval to the Council of Creative New Zealand. Souorce: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2008/10/09766/ This article from Thorpe Bowker's Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker More from Book News Archive
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