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Patricia Grace

New Zealand writer (born 1937)
Person Human Q138882

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[21]
Date of birth
August 17, 1937
Place of birth
Wellington
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[9]
Occupation
writer, novelist, children's writer, short story writer, teacher
Award received
Neustadt International Prize for Literature (2008), Companion of the Queen's Service Order (1988), Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2007), Exemplary/Supreme Award of the Te Waka Toi Awards (2016), Fellow of the Academy of New Zealand Literature, Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction) (2006), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2023), honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington (1989)[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Notable work
Potiki, From the Centre: A writer's life[10][11]
Child
Kohai Grace[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[30]
Nominated for
Booker Prize (2001)[29]
Birth name
Patricia Gunson[31]
Described by source
Cachées par la forêt : 138 femmes de lettres oubliées, MAL-1[27][28]
Family name
Grace, Gunson[22][23]
Given name
Patricia, Frances[24][25]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[20]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Performing Arts Aotearoa New Zealand, WikiProject Books of Mana[32][33]
Relative
Briar Grace-Smith[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Patricia Frances Grace en Patricia Frances Gunson en Patricia Grace en Patricia Gunson ar باتريشيا غريس el Πατρίσια Γκρέις he פטרישיה פרנסס גרייס ja パトリシア・グレイス ko 퍼트리샤 건슨 ko 퍼트리샤 그레이스 ko 퍼트리샤 프랜시스 그레이스 zh 帕特里夏·格蕾丝
🔖 Identifiers · 48
ISNI
0000000122841925
VIAF cluster ID
111994998
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85249522
GND ID
121290034
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Patricia Grace in 2016 (cropped).jpg ↗
ANZL writer ID
patricia-grace
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
87834
BIBSYS ID
90409483
Babelio author ID
102417
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12313087s
BookBrainz author ID
d47f811b-d977-4b45-bcde-a40033a0341b
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
grace-patricia
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11957180
CiNii Research ID
1140282266571326592
DDB person (GND) ID
121290034
DUC ID
patricia-grace
EGAXA ID
vtls003921244
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Patricia-Grace
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
patricia-grace
FAST ID
188151
Freebase ID
/m/03_f90
Goodreads author ID
44128 (2020)
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Patricia_Grace
ISFDB author ID
5822
IdRef ID
032021925
KBR person ID
14265806
Kōmako author ID
236
Libraries Australia ID
35138543
Libris-URI
gdsw12c03h3z973
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05780927
NL CR AUT ID
jn19990002820
NLA Trove people ID
838817
NLP ID
a0000003838542
NUKAT ID
n2002039226
National Library of New Zealand ID
22364731
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810573970905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1060135
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072415304
Open Library ID
OL57744A
RERO ID (legacy)
A003312673
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura writer ID
grace-patricia
SELIBR ID
299130
Sancho el Sabio Foundation ID
356662
Te Papa agent ID
57911
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
1827
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJh4rWqcvTG6mgMy9Vqmh3
Yale LUX ID
person/34211d6f-1601-4941-8bbb-f7fa3394a2b8
Étonnants voyageurs participant ID
9036

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
writer, novelist, children's writer, short story writer
Award received 3
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington
Given name 2
Patricia, Frances
Country of citizenship 1
New Zealand
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Nominated for 1
Booker Prize
Place of birth 1
Wellington
Sex or gender 1
female
← FactGrid item ID 1
Verteuil-sur-Charente
← SNARC ID 1
Saint Mary
← Winner 1
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
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Summary

Patricia Grace was born on August 17, 1937[1], in Wellington[2]. She has worked as a writer[3], novelist[4], children's writer[5], short story writer[6], and teacher[7].

FAQs

Where was Patricia Grace born?

Patricia Grace was born in Wellington[2].

What did Patricia Grace do for work?

Patricia Grace worked as a writer[3], novelist[4], children's writer[5], short story writer[6], and teacher[7].

What awards did Patricia Grace receive?

Honors received include Neustadt International Prize for Literature[12], Companion of the Queen's Service Order[13], Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit[14], and Exemplary/Supreme Award of the Te Waka Toi Awards[15].

Related Entities

New Zealand

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  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . archived.ccc.govt.nz. Retrieved . archived.ccc.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved . nzherald.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . The London Gazette 51367. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . dpmc.govt.nz. dpmc.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . creativenz.govt.nz. creativenz.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . anzliterature.com. anzliterature.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . creativenz.govt.nz. creativenz.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . amacad.org. Retrieved . amacad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wgtn.ac.nz. wgtn.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [11] ↑ . Books of Mana: 180 Māori-Authored Books of Significance. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . e-tangata.co.nz. e-tangata.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . link.springer.com. Retrieved . link.springer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Books of Mana: 180 Māori-Authored Books of Significance. wikidata.org.

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