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Canterbury Writers

Canterbury has been home to a number of nationally and internationally famous writers.

  • Lady Barker (1831 - 1911)
  • Edith Grossmann (1863 - 1931)
  • Ngaio Marsh (1895 - 1982)
  • Denis Glover (1912 - 1980)
  • Gordon Ogilvie (1934 - )
  • Keri Hulme (1947 - )
  • Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
  • Ursula Bethell (1874 - 1945)
  • Allen Curnow (1911 - 2001)
  • Essie Summers (1912 - 1998)
  • Margaret Mahy (1936 - )

See also: New Zealand Children’s Authors

Source

The Christchurch Writer’s Walkway, E. Beardsley, Canterbury Branch, New Zealand Society of Authors, 1999.

A later edition of The Christchurch Writer’s Trail booklet has been digitised.

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