Editing New Zealand literature (section)

===Fiction===
[[File:Elizabeth Knox Wellington Writers Walk.jpg|alt=words in metal on a wooden boardwalk with the harbour in the distance|thumb|Words from New Zealand writer [[Elizabeth Knox]] as public art in [[Wellington]].]]
Notable writers in the post-Second World War period include [[Janet Frame]], [[Owen Marshall]], [[Ronald Hugh Morrieson]], [[Bill Pearson (New Zealand writer)|Bill Pearson]], [[Sylvia Ashton-Warner]] and [[Essie Summers]].<ref name="New"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Marshall, Owen |url=https://www.read-nz.org/writer/marshall-owen/ |website=Read NZ Te Pou Muramura |access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref> In the 1960s, two young novelists, [[Maurice Shadbolt]] and [[Maurice Gee]], both became well known for their traditional, socially realistic novels featuring New Zealand politics and history.<ref name="Brit CK"/> Gee's [[Plumb (novel series)|''Plumb'' trilogy]] continues to be widely read, and the first novel, ''Plumb'' (1979), was voted by literary experts in 2018 to be the best New Zealand novel of the last fifty years.<ref name="Best 50">{{cite news |title=The 50 best New Zealand books of the past 50 years: The official listicle |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/14-05-2018/the-best-50-new-zealand-books-of-the-past-50-years-the-official-listicle/ |access-date=21 November 2020 |work=[[The Spinoff]] |date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109071559/https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/14-05-2018/the-best-50-new-zealand-books-of-the-past-50-years-the-official-listicle/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The feminist movement in the 1970s and 1980s was the context for many women writers who emerged in that period, including [[Fiona Kidman]], [[Marilyn Duckworth]] and [[Barbara Anderson (writer)|Barbara Anderson]], who wrote works exploring and challenging gender roles.<ref name="New 1970s">{{cite web |last1=Wevers |first1=Lydia |title=New writers of the 1970s and 1980s – Story: Fiction |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/fiction/page-8 |website=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128162339/https://teara.govt.nz/en/fiction/page-8 |url-status=live }}</ref>

New Zealand fiction has grown exponentially since the mid-1970s, due to a growing readership locally and internationally, creative writing courses such as the [[International Institute of Modern Letters]] at [[Victoria University of Wellington]], and financial support through [[List of New Zealand literary awards|literary awards and scholarships]].<ref name="Contemporary">{{cite web |last1=Wevers |first1=Lydia |title=Contemporary fiction – Story: Fiction |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/fiction/page-9 |website=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603094725/https://teara.govt.nz/en/fiction/page-9 |url-status=live }}</ref> Internationally successful New Zealand writers include [[Elizabeth Knox]], known for ''[[The Vintner's Luck]]'' (1998) and her other diverse fiction, [[Emily Perkins (novelist)|Emily Perkins]], [[Fiona Farrell]], [[Damien Wilkins (writer)|Damien Wilkins]], [[Nigel Cox (author)|Nigel Cox]] and crime novelist [[Paul Cleave]].<ref name="Contemporary"/> [[Keri Hulme]] gained prominence when her novel, ''[[The Bone People]]'', won the [[Booker Prize]] in 1985; she was the first New Zealander and the first debut novelist to win the prestigious award. Writer [[Lloyd Jones (New Zealand author)|Lloyd Jones]] was shortlisted for his 2007 novel ''[[Mister Pip]]''.<ref name="New 1970s"/> In 2013, [[Eleanor Catton]] became the second New Zealand winner (as well as the youngest winner) of the award for her novel ''[[The Luminaries]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Keri Hulme wins Booker Prize |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/keri-hulme-wins-booker-prize |website=New Zealand History |publisher=Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage |access-date=19 February 2021 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227124535/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/keri-hulme-wins-booker-prize |url-status=live }}</ref>