Michael Gifkins (1945 – 2014) wakilin wallafe-wallafen kasar New Zealand ne, marubucin gajeren labari, mai suka, mawallafi da edita.

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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). [1] [2] 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). [2]

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.”

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