Noel Hilliard

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Noel Hilliard
Born6 February 1929
Napier, New Zealand
Died22 October 1996
Occupationwriter
Alma materVictoria University College, Wellington Teachers' College
Notable awardsRobert Burns Fellowship

Noel Harvey Hilliard (6 February 1929 – 22 October 1996) was a New Zealand journalist and novelist.

Background

Hilliard was born in 1929 in Napier, New Zealand. He married Kiriwai Mete in 1954 and they were to have two sons and two daughters. Hilliard gained his education at Kotemaori Primary School, Raupunga Maori School, Kopuawhara Primary School, and Gisborne High School. He attended Victoria University College and Wellington Teachers' College; he gained a teacher's certificate in 1955.

In 1971, Hilliard was the recipient of the Robert Burns Fellowship.

Hilliard's wife died in 1990; at the time they were living at Titahi Bay in Wellington. His death was announced in the December 1996 edition of Booksellers News.

Works

Fiction

  • Māori Girl (Heinemann, 1960)
  • A Piece of Land: Stories and Sketches (Robert Hale, 1963)
  • Power of Joy (Michael Joseph, 1965)
  • A Night at Green River (Whitcombe and Tombs,1969)
  • Māori Woman (Whitcombe and Tombs, 1974)
  • Send Somebody Nice (Robert Hale, 1976)
  • Selected Stories (John McIndoe, 1977)
  • The Glory and the Dream (Heinemann, 1978)

Non-Fiction

  • We Live by a Lake (with Ans Westra; Heinemann, 1972)
  • Wellington: City Alive (with Ans Westra; Whitcoulls, 1976)
  • Mahitahi: Work Together: Impressions of the USSR (Progress Publishers, 1989)
  • Nude Chooks Stun Farmer! (with Bill Paynter; Reed, 1992)

References

  1. ^ a b Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. pp. 286f.
  2. ^ "Hilliard, Noel". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Noel Hilliard death notice, 1st December 1996". unitybooks.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.