Michael King

About Michael King

Who is it?: Historian & Biographer
Birth Day: December 15, 1945
Birth Place: Wellington, New Zealander
Occupation: Historian, biographer
Alma mater: Victoria University of Wellington, University of Waikato
Notable works: The Penguin History of New Zealand
Notable awards: Order of the British Empire (1988) Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (2003)

Michael King

Michael King was born on December 15, 1945 in Wellington, New Zealander, is Historian & Biographer. Michael King was a New Zealand biographer, author and historian and worked on exploring the Maori culture and history throughout his life. He wrote biographies on important Maori sources like Te Puea Herangi, Whina Cooper, Janet Frame, etc. With these important accounts of the Maori times, King was able to scratch the history of New Zealand and establish Maori’s relevance with it. He did not only study Maori culture but also did his research and writings on the Pakeha literature as he himself belonged to the Pakeha ethnicity. Through his books: ‘Being Pakeha’, biography on ‘Frank Sargeson’ and ‘Being Pakeha Now’, he established that Pakeha literature and culture has the same importance as Maori and both the cultures have the same spiritual significance. Through his various books and biographies, King has carved out the psyche of the New Zealanders and of the nation itself. He is the writer of books like: ‘Moko: Maori Tattooing in the 20th Century’, ‘Te Puea’, ‘Whina’, Moriori: A People Rediscovered’, ‘A Land Apart: The Chathan Islands of New Zealand’, ‘In Tread Softly: For You Tread On My Life’, ‘In At The Edge of Memory: A Family Story’, etc. His most famous book ‘The Penguin History of New Zealand’ fetched him the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement in the category of nonfiction writing.
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As per our current Database, Michael King has been died on 30 March 2004(2004-03-30) (aged 58)\nnear Maramarua, Waikato, New Zealand.

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When Michael King die, Michael King was 58 years old.

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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born December 15, 1945 (Wellington, New Zealander)
Birthday December 15
Town/City Wellington, New Zealander
Nationality New Zealander

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Michael King’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.

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Michael King was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.

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Awards and nominations:

King was winner of the 2003 Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Non-Fiction. Throughout his career he won the Feltex Television Writers' Award (1980), Winston Churchill Fellowship (1980), Fulbright Visiting Writers' Fellowship (1988), Order of the British Empire (1988), NZ Literary Fund Award (1987 and 1989), Wattie Book of the Year Award (1984 and 1990), NZ Book Award (non-fiction) (1978) and was Burns Fellow at the University of Otago (1998–99). His book The Penguin History of New Zealand was overwhelmingly the Readers' Choice at the 2004 Montana NZ Book Awards. The New Zealand Herald named him New Zealander of the Year for 2003.

Biography/Timeline

1967

King earned degrees in history at Victoria, (BA 1967) and the University of Waikato (MA 1968), and gained his PhD at Waikato (1978). In 1997 he received an honorary DLitt at Victoria. He was Visiting Professor of New Zealand Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and taught or held fellowships at six other universities.

1968

King was born in Wellington to Eleanor and Commander Lewis King, one of four children. Educated at Sacred Heart College in Auckland and St. Patrick's College, Silverstream, he went on to study history at Victoria University of Wellington before working as a Journalist at the Waikato Times newspaper in Hamilton in 1968.

1995

Although not Māori himself, King was well known for his knowledge of Māori culture and history. New Zealand Listener, one of New Zealand's most popular weekly magazines, dubbed King "the people's historian" for his efforts to write about and for the local populace. As a biographer, King published works on Te Puea Herangi, Whina Cooper, Frank Sargeson (1995) and Janet Frame (2000). As an Historian, King's works include Being Pākehā (1985), Moriori (1989), and The Penguin History of New Zealand (July 2003), the latter of which was, by February 2004, into its seventh edition. In all, King wrote, co-wrote and edited more than 30 books on a diverse range of New Zealand topics. He contributed to all five volumes of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.

2003

King was winner of the 2003 Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Non-Fiction. Throughout his career he won the Feltex Television Writers' Award (1980), Winston Churchill Fellowship (1980), Fulbright Visiting Writers' Fellowship (1988), Order of the British Empire (1988), NZ Literary Fund Award (1987 and 1989), Wattie Book of the Year Award (1984 and 1990), NZ Book Award (non-fiction) (1978) and was Burns Fellow at the University of Otago (1998–99). His book The Penguin History of New Zealand was overwhelmingly the Readers' Choice at the 2004 Montana NZ Book Awards. The New Zealand Herald named him New Zealander of the Year for 2003.

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