Lloyd Jones (New Zealand author)

Not to be confused with Lloyd Jones (Welsh writer).
Lloyd Jones

Lloyd Jones in 2012
Born (1955-03-23) 23 March 1955
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Occupation Writer
Notable works Mister Pip
Relatives Bob Jones (brother)

Lloyd Jones (born 23 March 1955) is a New Zealand author. His novel Mister Pip won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker.

Early life and education

Jones was born in Lower Hutt in 1955, and attended Hutt Valley High School and Victoria University of Wellington. Despite fulfilling the requirements of a political science degree, Jones was unable to graduate from university due to library fines owing at the time but he completed his course of study. He was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Victoria University in May 2009.[1]

Jones's older brother is property investor and former politician Sir Bob Jones.

Literary career

In 1988, Jones was the recipient of the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship. In 1994 he curated an exhibition which illustrated the New Zealand Saturday. The work was a collaboration with photographer Bruce Foster and held at the National Library in Wellington. The work was published as The Last Saturday and included historical photographs, contemporary photographs by Foster and an essay by Jones.[2]

In May 2003, a theatrical adaptation of Jones' novel The Book of Fame was presented at Wellington's Downstage Theatre.

In May 2007, Jones won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Overall Best Book Award for his novel Mister Pip. The novel is set during the Bougainville Civil War of the early 1990s in Papua New Guinea.[3] The book was also short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2007.

Jones was the 2007 recipient of the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency.[4]

Awards and honours

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Selected works

References

  1. ↑ Archived March 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Jones, Lloyd". New Zealand Book Council. 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  3. ↑ "NZ author wins prestigious prize". One News. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
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  5. ↑ "Previous winners". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ "2004 Awards". New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. Wellington, New Zealand: Booksellers New Zealand. 28 September 2011. OCLC 182896192. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand Post Book of the Year". Christchurch, New Zealand: Christchurch City Libraries. 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
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