Beryl Joan Fletcher (31 May 1938 – 21 February 2018) was a New Zealand feminist

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. Her

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, ''The Word Burners'' won the 1992

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, Best First Book, Asia/Pacific region. She graduated from the

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with a master's degree in Sociology in 1979. She was resident at the

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. In 1999, she was Writer in Residence at Waikato University. In 2005, she was a Ledig House International Writers’ Resident. In 2006, she was Writer in Residence at the Randell Cottage.

Works

*; Spinifex Press, 2002, * * * *''Juno and Hannah''. Spinifex Press. 2013.

Memoir

References

External links

Author's websiteBeryl Fletcher interview, The University of Iowa, Nov. 18, 1994 "Her way"
''New Zealand Listener'', Beryl Fletcher, July 5, 2003 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, Beryl 1938 births 2018 deaths New Zealand women novelists University of Waikato alumni 20th-century New Zealand novelists 21st-century New Zealand novelists New Zealand memoirists New Zealand women memoirists 21st-century New Zealand women writers International Writing Program alumni 20th-century New Zealand women writers