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Maurice Gee poster

The prolific Maurice Gee is a major figure of late-20th-century New Zealand fiction, and his work has found an international readership. This poster, produced by the New Zealand Book Council in 2005, charts Gee's writing career and includes quotes from some of his works.  

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-LITERATURE-2005-01

Courtesy of New Zealand Book Council - Te Kaunihera Pukapuka o Aotearoa

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Lydia Wevers, Fiction – New writers after the Second World War, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/41937/maurice-gee-poster (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Lydia Wevers, published 20 June 2013, updated 1 August 2015.