Keri Hulme

Sino ito?

Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (9 March 1947 – 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui. Her novel The Bone People won the Booker Prize in 1985; she was the first New Zealander to win the award, and also the first writer to win the prize for a debut novel. Hulme's writing explores themes of isolation, postcolonial and multicultural identity, and Māori, Celtic, and Norse mythology.

Career

1. 1947
   Born
2. 1975
   Won Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award
3. 1977
   Won Robert Burns Fellowship
4. 1985
   Won Booker Prize
5. 2021
   Passed away
6. Notable work: The Bone People

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Christchurch
• •Citizenship: New Zealand
• •Known as: novelist, writer, poet