Papua New Guinean literature is diverse. The emergence ofwritten literature (as distinct fromoral literature) is comparatively recent inPapua New Guinea. It was given its first major stimulus with the setting up ofcreative writing courses byUlli Beier at theUniversity of Papua New Guinea (established in 1966). Beier also founded aPapua Pocket Poets series, as well as the literary magazineKovave, the first of its kind in the country. Some of Papua New Guinea's first noted writers, includingJohn Kasaipwalova,Kumalau Tawali,Apisai Enos andKama Kerpi, were first published inKovave.
In 1932, the country's first Methodist Priest, Hosea Linge, known as "Ligeremaluoga", published an autobiography that was translated asThe Erstwhile Savage. In 1968,Albert Maori Kiki’s autobiographyTen Thousand Years in a Lifetime was the first major work of Papua New Guinean literature published outside a magazine. In 1970,Vincent Eri published the first Papua New Guinean novel,The Crocodile.
Notable Papua New Guinean writers also includeRussell Soaba,Ignatius Kilage,Nora Vagi Brash,Steven Edmund Winduo andLoujaya Kouza.
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