Anne Else (born 1945) is a New Zealand writer and editor.

Life

Else was born and grew up in

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. She studied English at the

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, graduating with a master's degree. She initially lectured at the university before moving overseas. Else was a co-founder of the New Zealand feminist magazine ''Broadsheet'', which was published from 1972 to 1992. Much of her work is concerned with feminist social commentary, analysis and history. She has written articles, reviews and commentary for New Zealand magazines and journals, including '' Broadsheet,

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, Women’s Studies Journal'', and has also been published in scholarly journals overseas. In the

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, Else was appointed a

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, for services to literature. In 2006 she completed a PhD at

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. Her thesis was an autobiography titled ‘On shifting ground: Self-narrative, feminist theory and writing practice’. A section of her memoir won the 2009 Pamela Tomlinson prize for creative writing. The full memoir, telling her life story told through her experiences of food, was published in 2013 as ''The Colour of Food.''

Publications

As author: * ''A Question of Adoption: Closed Stranger Adoption in New Zealand 1944-74'' (Bridget Williams Books, 1991) * ''False Economy: New Zealanders face the Conflict between Paid and Unpaid Work'' (Tandem Press, 1996) * ''A Super Future? The Price of Growing Older in New Zealand'' (with

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, Tandem Press, 1998) * ''The Colour of Food'' (Awa Press, 2013) As editor: * ''A Woman’s Life: Writing by Women About Female Experience in New Zealand'' (with Heather Roberts, Penguin Books, 1989) * ''Protecting our Future: The Case for Greater Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology'' (with

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, 1999) *''Women Together: A History of Women’s Organisations in New Zealand / Ngā Rōpū Wāhine o te Motu,'' (Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs/Daphne Brasell Associates Press, 1993; updated and republished in 2018 on th
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.

References

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