Owen Marshall
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Owen Marshall (Owen Marshall Jones) (born 1941) is a New Zealand short story writer and novelist. He was born in the North Island town of Te Kuiti, the third son of a Methodist minister, but grew up in the South Island. His younger years were spent in Blenheim and he attended high school in Timaru and university in Christchurch.He was really good writer and he wrote short stories called The Fat Boy and Mr Van Gogh. Italic textㅋㅋㅋ 완전 재미 없음.. 하나도 못알어 듯겠어요 == == .
Many critics rank Marshall among the finest, if not the finest, of New Zealand’s short story writers. This would place him in the same league as Janet Frame and Frank Sargeson.
[edit] Works
- Supper Waltz Wilson, and Other New Zealand Stories. Christchurch : Pegasus, 1979.
- The Master of Big Jingles & Other Stories. Dunedin : McIndoe, 1982.
- The Day Hemingway Died, and Other Stories. Dunedin : McIndoe, 1984.
- The Lynx Hunter, and Other Stories. Dunedin : McIndoe, 1987.
- An indirect geography [radio narrative] by Owen Marshall. 1990.
- The Divided World : Selected Stories. Dunedin : John McIndoe, 1989.
- Tomorrow We Save the Orphans : Fiction. Dunedin : John McIndoe, 1992.
- The Ace of Diamonds Gang and Other Stories: McIndoe Press, 1993.
- Timeless Land. Painter, Grahame Sydney; poet, Brian Turner; writer, Owen Marshall; with an introduction by Sam Neill. Dunedin : Longacre Press, 1995.
- The Best of Owen Marshall's Short Stories. Auckland : Random House, 1997.
- Harlequin Rex. Auckland: Vintage, 1999. (Novel)
- When Gravity Snaps. Auckland: Vintage, 2002.(Short stories)
