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Writer, Poet, Novelist
About Keri Hulme
Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (9 March 1947 β 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui.
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βSometimes, the waves grow hushed, but the sea is always there, touching, caressing, eating the earth.... (p249)β
βThey were nothing more than people, by themselves. Even paired, any pairing, they would have been nothing more than people by themselves. But all together, they have become the heart and muscles and mind of something perilous and new, something strange and growing and great. Together, all together, they are the instruments of change. (p4)β
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βKeri Hulme, tena koe, whanaunga o roto o Ngai-Tahu, o Ngati-Mamoe! You have the nerve to leave the reader with the heart-ache of responding to the crying of many aching bones! What a dilemma! Ah! But what a wonderful piece of art you have created!β
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βYears ago, an enthusiastic Australian critic tried to tell me how he felt on first reading Patrick Whiteβs The Tree of Man. βHe gave us ourselves!β he exclaimed. I now understand what he meant. Keri Hulme has given us β us.β
About Keri Hulme
Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (9 March 1947 β 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui.