Michael Gifkins

An haifi Gifkins a Wellington, kasar New Zealand a cikin 1945. Ya halarci Jami'ar Auckland inda daga baya ya koyar da adabin Turanci.

A matsayin wakilin wallafe-wallafe, Gifkins ya wakilci yawancin manyan marubutan kasar New Zealand, ciki har da Lloyd Jones da Greg McGee . A matsayin wakilin wallafe-wallafen Jones, Gifkins ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin nasarar kasa da kasa a labari da kuma fim na Jones' novel Mister Pip

Gifkins ya rubuta tarin gajerun labarai guda uku: Bayan juyin juya hali (1982), Summer Is the Cote d'Azur (1987) da The Amphibians (1989). Ya kuma gyara tare da buga litattafai da dama, wanda ya fara da dakin wayar Gramophone (tare da CK Stead a cikin 1983) da Gajerun Labarai na Sauraro 3 (1984).

Gifkins shine Marubuci cikin a Jami'ar Auckland a cikin 1983, Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellow a Menton, Faransa, a cikin 1985, kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Lilian Ida Smith don almara a cikin 1989. Ya kasance memba na New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) daga 1982 har zuwa mutuwarsa.

Michael Gifkins Prize na Novel da ba a buga ba ana bashi kyautar kowace shekara ta kasar New Zealand Society of Authors tun 2018. Mai karɓa yana karɓar kwangilar bugawa daga Rubutun Rubutun da ci gaba a ƙimar NZ$ 10,000.

Giftkins yace Michael Heywood na wallafa Rubutu “[Ya] mai kirki ne, mai hikima da karimci. Marubuci mai hazaka da kansa, ya kasance wakili mai kyau, kuma ya himmatu sosai ga harkar wallafe-wallafen New Zealand. Yana son marubutansa. Ya kalubalance su, ya zaburar da su, ya kama su a lokacin da suka fadi.”