Writing · Author · Screenplay · Novel
Born Aug 22, 1931 · Whakatane, New Zealand
Active 1984–present · Awards: James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Fellow of the Academy of New Zealand Literature, Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction), Robert Burns Fellowship, honorary doctor of the University of Auckland, honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington, Esther Glen Award, Arts Foundation of New Zealand Whakamana Hiranga Icon Award
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Maurice Gee, born August 22, 1931 in Whakatane, New Zealand, is one of New Zealand's most distinguished novelists. He was awarded the 1978 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Plumb.