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Renée (writer)

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During her time studying, Renée worked as a cleaner at Auckland's Theatre Corporate. Six years later, she returned to the Theatre Corporate as a Playwright in Residence. She went on to write many plays which feature women and working-class people in leading roles, and described herself as a "lesbian
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She married at age 19 and had three sons, and at the time worked at a chemist's shop. Her marriage ended in 1981, when she entered into a long-term relationship with a woman. It was around this time, which coincided with the start of her writing career, that Renée chose to use only her first name as
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Renée began writing short stories, reviews and humorous columns for newspapers around age 30 when her three children were young. She also began acting for the Napier Repertory Theatre. For twenty years she directed and performed in plays for several theatrical groups and schools in the Hawke's Bay
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Renée attended Greenmeadows School in Napier, and enjoyed participating in two or three plays at school. Renée had hoped to stay in school, but had to leave at the age of 12 to work in the local woollen mills and then a printing factory; she had been asked by her mother to start work in order to
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In 1988, Renée was invited to attend the First International Women Playwrights Conference in New York as one of three keynote speakers. She also attended the Pacific Writers Conference in London and took part in a reading tour of Britain and Europe together with
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Renée wrote into her 90s, and in addition to over twenty plays wrote short stories and novels in a range of genres including family life, romance and crime, and an autobiography in 2017. She received a number of notable awards during her career, including the
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described it as "in many respects, stronger and more complex" than the first two plays, exploring New Zealand's history and the role of women in families; it criticised the play however for being "too safe" and not strongly confronting feminist issues.
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Renée opened the stage door and strode in, announcing her arrival and standing centre stage. She opened the door with a bang, not with a whimper and many of us followed. It was time. Someone needed to do it. Renée had the
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her professional name; she explained that this was because it was the name her mother gave her and the only name she felt was hers. She said she did not realise it was a political statement at the time.
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In later years, she said that she "never got over" not going to high school and that the absence of friends her own age was in part what led to her love of reading. Her early favourite works included
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Renée received the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Literary Fund Playwrights Award for 1986, then the largest award available for playwrights in New Zealand worth $ 10,000.
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Many of Renée's plays have been published and anthologised, both in New Zealand and overseas; extracts of her work were included in
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until she moved to a rest home in October 2023. She died in Wellington on 11 December 2023, at age 94. Shortly after her death
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When Renée started in theatre, she began reading more works by New Zealand authors. By discovering the bilingual magazine
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In her 80s Renée began writing crime fictions and teaching workshops on how to write it. This led to two crime novels,
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She was a pioneering figure for women in the New Zealand theatre landscape. Fellow New Zealand playwright,
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in 2005, and the University of Otago's Children's Writers' Residency in 2007. In October 2017 her memoir
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now that they have grown up and married. It celebrates the role of working-class women in the
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Renée continued to write into her later years, with novels written in her 70s including
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Pollard, Suzanne (17 April 1986). "Renee digs deeper than history books".
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In addition to her plays, Renée also wrote a short-story collection,
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as a VUP Classic, and a revival of the first play was staged at the
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The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English
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Te Waka Toi awards for her lifetime contribution to Māori art.
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Te Ao Marama: Te Whakahuatanga o te ao: reflections of reality
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is a Māori servant, Martha, who ends up being committed to a
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in 2022. In 2021 she delivered the annual Pānui lecture for
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in New Zealand. It was performed for the first time at the
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Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Fiction
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Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Fiction
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Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Fiction
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Renée's best-known plays form a trilogy, beginning with
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enable her two younger siblings to attend high school.
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Renée began writing plays in her 50s; her first play,
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New Zealand feminist writer and playwright (1929–2023)
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21st-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights
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Wellington, New Zealand: Huia Publishers. 1738:"Playwright and novelist Renée dies aged 94" 1703: 1701: 1699: 1697: 1330: 1328: 1326: 490:Renée sings a waiata with her family at the 2723:New Zealand LGBT dramatists and playwrights 2182:. Wellington, New Zealand: The Cuba Press. 1394: 1392: 1188:"Author and playwright Renée dies, aged 94" 1133: 1131: 1129: 1127: 1125: 243:, New Zealand, on 19 July 1929. She was of 2693:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit 2222: 2208: 2200: 1182: 1180: 1178: 1070: 1068: 995: 993: 45: 27: 1485: 1483: 1481: 1479: 1477: 1475: 1473: 1243: 1241: 1239: 1216:van Grondelle, Carole (24 October 1984). 1066: 1064: 1062: 1060: 1058: 1056: 1054: 1052: 1050: 1048: 595:Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit 390:The third and final play of the trilogy, 2043:. Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin Books. 2018:. Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin Books. 1895:. 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Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin. 1676:"Renée's new-found life of crime!" 1491:"Renée (Taylor) | Primary sources" 1289:Mabey, Claire (12 December 2023). 1075:Broatch, Mark (12 December 2023). 647:What Did You Do in the War, Mummy? 508:Randell Cottage Writers' Residency 284:Early writing career and education 14: 2107:. Auckland, New Zealand: Puffin. 1457:Academy of New Zealand Literature 731:Te Pouaka Karaehe (The Glass Box) 123: 971:Chumko, André (8 January 2022). 405:Granna as a seamstress in 1890s 309:While studying extra-murally at 2703:New Zealand socialist feminists 2678:People from Napier, New Zealand 1919:National Library of New Zealand 1519:"Moe mai rā: Tributes to Renée" 1437:"Renee invited to US meeting". 1377:Brunton, Warwick (5 May 2011). 1338:Renee, pen-name of Renee Taylor 482:Later life and death: 2000–2023 298:, she came across authors like 2733:People from Ōtaki, New Zealand 1: 2673:University of Auckland alumni 2130:The Skeleton Woman: A Romance 1944:Randell Cottage Writers Trust 1795:. 6 December 1985. p. 14 1769:. 22 January 1986. p. 22 818:The Skeleton Woman: A Romance 743:Pink Sports and Mountain Tops 591:2006 Queen's Birthday Honours 500:The Skeleton Woman: A Romance 2041:Does this make sense to you? 1789:"Renee wins award for plays" 1140:"'Reading was my salvation'" 800:Does This Make Sense to You? 767:Shall We Gather at the River 2688:New Zealand Māori feminists 1821:. 6 October 1986. p. 2 470:(volume 1, 1990) edited by 409:. One of the characters in 2749: 1625:. Brito & Lair. 1997. 1248:Hall, Sandi (April 1982). 1138:Renée (13 November 2021). 18: 2683:New Zealand Māori writers 2237: 1399:Tompkins, Joanne (1994). 1291:"Renée: The one and only" 604:In 2017 she received the 593:, Renée was appointed an 539:Victoria University Press 329:Writing career: 1981–2000 44: 2088:: CS1 maint: location ( 1915:"Tiggy Tiggy Touch Wood" 1601:. Auckland: Reed Books. 1084:The New Zealand Listener 783:(short story collection) 552:Renée was a resident of 394:(1991), is a prequel to 2068:. 1997: Penguin Books. 1347:Oxford University Press 932:Read NZ Te Pou Muramura 547:Read NZ Te Pou Muramura 492:Read NZ Te Pou Muramura 457:Robert Burns Fellowship 2698:Ngāti Kahungunu people 1815:"Writer gets $ 24,000" 737:Tiggy Tiggy Touch Wood 506:(2006). She held the 495: 357: 319:University of Auckland 113:University of Auckland 489: 461:University of Waikato 421:features elements of 188:Renée Gertrude Taylor 2231:Robert Burns Fellows 1250:"Writing The Wrongs" 761:Dreaming in Ponsonby 599:Creative New Zealand 265:Anne of Green Gables 209:, was a New Zealand 61:Renée Gertrude Jones 719:Missionary Position 425:. A 1994 review in 75:Napier, New Zealand 2519:Dianne Ruth Pettis 2441:Christine Johnston 2066:The Snowball Waltz 1682:. 13 November 2022 1525:. 13 December 2023 1441:. 30 October 1987. 1194:. 11 December 2023 806:The Snowball Waltz 578:Honours and awards 496: 398:about the life of 239:Renée was born in 131:short story writer 2658:Lesbian feminists 2635: 2634: 2567:Majella Cullinane 2525:Laurence Fearnley 2513:Catherine Chidgey 2363:Michael A. 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Index

Renée
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Napier, New Zealand
Wellington
University of Auckland
Wednesday to Come
Pass It On
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Fiction
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feminist writer
Wednesday to Come
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Fiction
Napier
Māori
Ngāti Kahungunu
Pākehā
Anne of Green Gables
Agatha Christie
Dorothy L. Sayers
Te Ao Hou
Jacquie Sturm
Rowley Habib
Massey University
Wairoa College
University of Auckland
Broadsheet
Lorae Parry
Wednesday to Come

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