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Also Known As	Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler
Born	February 7, 1944 (age 80) • New Zealand
Notable Works	“Ask the Posts of the House” • “Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies” • “Dear Miss Mansfield: A Tribute to Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp” • “Māori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood” • “Native Son: The Writer’s Memoir” • “The New Net Goes Fishing” • “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” • “Pounamu, Pounamu” • “Sky Dancer” • “Tangi” • “The Dream Swimmer” • “The Little Kowhai Tree” • “The Matriarch” • “The Parihaka Woman” • “The Thrill of Falling” • “The Trowenna Sea” • “The Uncle’s Story” • “The Whale Rider” • “Whanau” • “Woman Far Walking”

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Ivan Turgenev

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