Joan de Hamel

Joan de Hamel (31 March 1924 – 28 July 2011) was a New Zealand children's writer.[1] She grew up in London, England and later moved to the Otago Peninsula.[2] In addition to her writing she worked as a teacher, raised a family, and bred Angora goats.[3]

Personal life

Joan de Hamel married Francis de Hamel in England in 1948, and moved to New Zealand with her physician husband and first three children, Michael, Christopher and Geoffrey (William) in 1955. [4] Her next two sons, Richard and Quentin, were born in 1960 and 1963. Her second son is the author, British academic librarian and expert on mediaeval manuscripts Christopher de Hamel, the author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts. Joan's husband Dr Francis de Hamel outlived her by three years, dying in New Zealand in 2014. [4]

Writing

Memorial plaque dedicated to Joan de Hamel in Dunedin, on the Writers' Walk on the Octagon

De Hamel won the 1979 Esther Glen Award for Take the Long Path (1978), and the 1985 A.W. Reed Memorial Award for Hemi's Pet (1985).[2]

Other books written include:

  • X Marks the Spot (1973)
  • The Third Eye (1987)
  • Hideaway (1992)
  • Hemi and the Shorty Pyjamas (1996)[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Interview with Joan de Hamel". my.christchurchcitylibraries.com. Christchurch Libraries. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "De Hamel, Joan". New Zealand Book Council. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "Interviews with New Zealand Children's Authors: Joan de Hamel". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  4. 1 2 de Hamel, Christopher (2026). The Migrants (First ed.). London: Allen Lane. pp. 29–30, 47. ISBN 9780241670125.


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