Barbara Anderson | |
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| Born | Barbara Lillias Romaine Wright (1926-04-14)14 April 1926 |
| Died | 24 March 2013(2013-03-24) (aged 86) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of Otago Victoria University of Wellington |
| Genre | Short Stories, novels |
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| Children | 2 |
Barbara Lillias Romaine Anderson, Lady Anderson (née Wright, 14 April 1926 – 24 March 2013) was a New Zealand fiction writer who became internationally recognised and a best-selling author after her first book was published in her sixties.[1]
Born Barbara Lillias Romaine Wright inHastings, she was educated at theUniversity of Otago where she graduated with aBachelor of Science degree in 1947. In 1951, she marriedNeil Anderson, aRoyal New Zealand Navy officer later to becomeChief of New Zealand Defence Staff. They had two sons. After a career as a medical technologist and as a teacher, she went back to university inWellington, New Zealand, where she graduated with aBachelor of Arts degree from theVictoria University of Wellington in 1984.[1]
Anderson tookBill Manhire's creative writing course at Victoria University in 1983, after which she began her writing career. Her short stories were published in journals and magazines such asLandfall,Sport and theNew Zealand Listener.[2] Her first book was a collection of short stories,I Think We Should Go Into the Jungle.[3] Her third book, the novelPortrait of the Artist's Wife (1992), received first prize at theGoodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards in 1992.[4] It was a bestseller and received critical acclaim in New Zealand and overseas.[2]
Her husband was knighted in 1982,[5] and she was subsequently styled Lady Anderson. In 2009 she was awarded an honoraryDoctor of Literature from theUniversity of Otago, and in 2011 she received the prestigiousArts Foundation Icon Award.[2]
She died inAuckland on 24 March 2013.[6][7][8]
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