Albert wendt biography

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        1. Albert Tuaopepe Wendt ONZ CNZM (born 27 October ) is a Samoan poet and writer who lives in New Zealand.
        2. Albert Wendt (born October 27, , Apia, Western Samoa [now Samoa]) is a.
        3. Albert Tuaopepe Wendt ONZ CNZM is a Samoan poet and writer who lives in New Zealand.
        4. Samoan by birth, Oceanic by nature, Albert has taught in Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, and Hawai'i.

          5. Albert Wendt (born October 27, , Apia, Western Samoa [now Samoa]) is a....

          Albert Wendt Biography

          Nationality: Samoan. Born: Apia, Western Samoa, 1939; member of the Aiga Sa-Tuala. Education: New Plymouth Boys High School, New Zealand, graduated 1957; Ardmore Teacher's College, diploma in teaching, 1959; Victoria University, Wellington, 1960-64, M.A.

          (honours) in history 1964. Career: Teacher, 1964-69, and principal, 1969-73, Samoa College, Apia; senior lecturer, 1974-75, assistant director of Extension Services, 1976-77, and professor of pacific literature, 1982-87, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.

          Since 1988 professor of English, University of Auckland. Director, University of the South Pacific Centre, Apia, Western Samoa, after 1978. Editor, Bulletin, now Samoa Times, Apia, 1966, and Mana Publications, Suva, Fiji, 1974-80.

          I was born in and I grew up there.

          Coordinator, Unesco Program on Oceanic Cultures, 1975-79. Awards:Landfall prize, 1963; Wattie award, 1980. Agent: Tim Curnow, Curtis Brown (Australia) Pty. Ltd., 27 Union Street, Paddington, New South Wa