Becky Manawatu

Becky Manawatu (born 1982) is a New Zealand writer of Ngāi Tahu and Pakeha background.[1] In 2020, she won two Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her first novel, Auē.[2][3][4]

Biography

Manawatu was born in Nelson, New Zealand, and raised in Waimangaroa on the West Coast of the South Island. She spent some years living in Frankfurt, Germany, and then returned to New Zealand to live in Waimangaroa. She is a reporter at the Westport News.[4]

Her first novel, Auē, won the Jann Medicott Acorn Prize for Fiction and the Hubert Church Prize for a best first book of fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in 2020.[3] It was also short-listed for the Ngaio Marsh Awards, 2020.[5]

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References
  1. Manawatu, Becky. "Becky Manawatu". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  2. Mem: 8446216. "Manawatu wins New Zealand Book Award for fiction | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  3. "Winners | New Zealand Book Awards Trust". www.nzbookawards.nz. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  4. "Book of the year: The making of Auē". Newsroom. 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  5. Mem: 8407464. "Ngaio Marsh Award 2020 shortlists announced | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2020-08-12.
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