- Ian Middleton
Ian Middleton (
1928 -October 24 2007 ) was aNew Zealand novelist , who made a made a particular mark [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html|Book Council entry, Middletonian] with his books set in post-Second World War Japan . Born inNew Plymouth , he was the younger brother of noted New Zealandshort story writer O. E. Middleton .Blind, he said this gave him a "special perspective but 'without limitation'", and has been attributed to the "strong metaphoric colour, sensual - often erotic - quality and lush verbal richness of his writing". [The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)| Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature]
A full list of his publications can be seen at the
University of Auckland 's NZ Literature file [ [http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/middlei.htm| University of Auckland file] ] and more biographical information is at theNew Zealand Book Council 's website. [ [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html | Book Council entry, Middletonian] ]Main works:
* "Pet Shop" (Waiura: A. Taylor, 1979)
* "Faces of Hachiko" (Auckland : Inca Print, 1984)
* "Sunflower: a Novel of Present Day Japan" (Auckland : Benton Press, 1986)
* "Mr Ponsonby " (Auckland : Lyndon, 1989)
* "Reiko" (Wellington : Moana Press, 1990)
* "Harvest" (Okato : Puniho Art Press, 1995)
* "I See a Voice" (Auckland : Flamingo, 1997)The 'Japanese trilogy' - "Faces of Hachiko", "Sunflower" and "Reiko" - describes a personal and complex portrayal of post-war Japan. "Pet Shop", a novel on his early upbringing in small-town New Zealand, wartime Auckland and his experiences on a Norwegian tanker, was described by New Zealand writer Kevin Ireland as "an absorbing picture of the repressions that passed for a moral code" [The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)] .
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NAME=Middleton, Ian
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Author
DATE OF BIRTH=1928
PLACE OF BIRTH=New Plymouth, New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH=October 24 2007
PLACE OF DEATH=Auckland, New Zealand
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