Rachel Barrowman Explained

Rachel Barrowman
Birth Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Language:English
Nationality:New Zealand
Genre:History
Awards:Montana New Zealand Book Award

Rachel Barrowman (born 1963) is a New Zealand author and historian, with a focus on New Zealand cultural and intellectual history.

Career

Barrowman's biography of R.A.K. Mason, Mason: The Life of R.A.K. Mason, won the 2004 Montana New Zealand Book Award in the biography category.[1] In 2006, Barrowman received the Michael King Writer's Fellowship from Creative New Zealand to write a biography of Maurice Gee; she subsequently held a summer residency at the Michael King Writers Centre in 2010.[2] [3] The book, Maurice Gee: Life and Work, was a finalist for the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.[4] Barrowman has also received the National Library Fellowship and the Stout Research Centre Fellowship.

Personal life

Barrowman was born and resides in Wellington.[5]

Published books

Barrowman is also an editor of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.[6]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past Winners by Author. New Zealand Book Awards Trust. 11 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Rachel Barrowman: 2010 Summer Writers Residency . Michael King Writers Centre. 13 May 2024.
  3. News: Rachel Barrowman awarded the largest writing fellowship in New Zealand. 24 June 2006. The Big Idea. 12 December 2017. en . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031503/https://thebigidea.nz/node/173325.
  4. Web site: Ockham NZ Book Awards 2016 winners and finalists. The Listener. en. 11 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Rachel Barrowman. The Spinoff. 27 January 2021.
  6. Web site: Rachel Barrowman. New Zealand Book Council. 11 December 2017.

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