Peter Hawes
{{Short description|New Zealand playwright and scriptwriter (1947–2018)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Peter Hawes
| image = Peter Hawes 1994.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Hawes in 1994
| alma_mater = University of Canterbury
| birth_name = Peter Robert Hawes
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|09|30}}
| birth_place = Westport, New Zealand
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|10|29|1947|09|30|df=y}}
| death_place = Koitiata, New Zealand
| genres = Novel, playwriting, scriptwriting
| occupation = Writer
| years_active = 1974–2018
}}
Peter Robert Hawes (30 September 1947 – 29 October 2018) was a New Zealand playwright, novelist, and scriptwriter.
Biography
Born in Westport, Hawes earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch.
Whilst living in Barcelona, he wrote—in Spanish—a best-selling novel about the Spanish Inquisition: La Hoguera (The Bonfire), published in 1974.{{cite web |publisher=Iberlibro |url=http://www.iberlibro.com/HOGUERA-Hawes-Peter-R-Mart%C3%ADnez-Roca.Colecci%C3%B3n/12764980226/bd |title=La Hoguera |accessdate=21 September 2015}} After returning to New Zealand in 1975, he worked for television, as a researcher and journalist, and as a scriptwriter for various series, including Fraggle Rock, and Against the Law.
Several of his plays remain unperformed; for example, A Higher Form of Killing.
Hawes died at Koitiata on 29 October 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.read-nz.org/writer/hawes-peter/|title=Hawes, Peter|accessdate=7 August 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/108251805/the-final-curtain-falls-for-playwright-peter-hawes |title=The final curtain falls for playwright Peter Hawes |first=Carly |last=Thomas |date=31 October 2018 |work=Stuff |access-date=7 March 2024}}
Selected works
= Novels =
- La Hoguera (in Spanish) (The Bonfire), 1974
- Tasman's Lay, 1995
- Leapfrog with Unicorns, 1996
- Playing Waterloo, 1998
- Inca Girls Aren't Easy, 1999
- The Dream of Nikau Jam, 2000
- Royce, Royce, the People's Choice, 2002
= Plays =
- Alf's General Theory of Relativity, 1981
- Ptolemy's Dip, 1982
- Armageddon Revisited, 1983
- Goldie: A Good Joke, a portrait of the early New Zealand painter C. F. Goldie, 1987
- 1946 The Boat Train, which examines the effect of the World War 2 on the lives of four women, 1991
- Aunt Daisy, 1989
- The 1944 Olympic Games, one-act play
- A Higher Form of Killing, about physicist Ernest Rutherford
- The Inquisition Dies, developed from material in La Hoguera
= Other =
{{Cite Q|Q107708826}}, a history of Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North
References
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External links
- [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/hawespeter.html New Zealand Book Council]
- [http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1007154?c=people Trove, National Library of Australia]
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Category:People from Westport, New Zealand