Beryl Fletcher Explained

Beryl Joan Fletcher (31 May 1938 – 21 February 2018)^{[1] [2]} was a New Zealand feminist novelist. Her first novel, The Word Burners won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book, Asia/Pacific region.^[3]

She graduated from the University of Waikato with a master's degree in Sociology in 1979. She was resident at the University of Iowa, International Writing Program. In 1999, she was Writer in Residence at Waikato University. In 2005, she was a Ledig House International Writers’ Resident.^[4] In 2006, she was Writer in Residence at the Randell Cottage.^[5]

Works

• Book: The Word Burners. 1991. Daphne Brasell Associates Press. 978-0-908896-03-5.

Spinifex Press, 2002,

• Book: The Iron Mouth. Spinifex Press. 1993. 978-1-875559-22-0.
• Book: The Silicon Tongue. Spinifex Press. 1996. 978-1-875559-49-7.
• Book: The Bloodwood Clan. Spinifex Press. 1999. 978-1-875559-80-0 .
• Juno and Hannah. Spinifex Press. 2013.

Memoir

• Book: The House at Karamu. Spinifex Press. 2004. 978-1-876756-35-2 .

External links

• Author's website
• Beryl Fletcher interview, The University of Iowa, Nov. 18, 1994
• "Her way", New Zealand Listener, Beryl Fletcher, July 5, 2003

Notes and References

1. http://deaths.waikatotimes.co.nz/obituaries/waikato-times-nz/obituary.aspx?n=beryl-fletcher&pid=188249402 Beryl Fletcher Obituary
2. https://i.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/102311593/obituary-feminist-author-a-determined-woman Obituary: Feminist author a determined woman
3. Web site: 2018-02-28. RiP Beryl Fletcher. 2020-10-17. Books+Publishing. en-AU.
4. Web site: Beryl Fletcher, 2006 - Ambassade de France en Nouvelle Zélande . 2011-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728075322/http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/spip.php?article1331 . 2011-07-28 .
5. Web site: Samdog Design Ltd . New Zealand Book Council . Bookcouncil.org.nz . 2016-10-14 . 18 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161018205959/http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Fletcher,%20Beryl . dead .