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Witi Ihimaera

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New Zealand writer

Why Is Witi Ihimaera Influential?

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According to Wikipedia, Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler is a New Zealand author. Raised in the small town of Waituhi, he decided to become a writer as a teenager after being convinced that Māori people were ignored or mischaracterised in literature. He was the first Māori writer to publish a collection of short stories, with Pounamu, Pounamu , and the first to publish a novel, with Tangi . After his early works he took a ten-year break from writing, during which he focused on editing an anthology of Māori writing in English.

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Witi Ihimaera's Published Works

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Total number of citations to an author for the works they published in a given year. This highlights publication of the most important work(s) by the author
19701980199020002010012.52537.55062.57587.5100112.5

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