Peter Hawes
Peter Robert Hawes (30 September 1947 – 29 October 2018) was a New Zealand playwright, novelist, and scriptwriter.
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| Born | Peter Robert Hawes 30 September 1947 Westport, New Zealand |
| Died | 29 October 2018 (aged 71) Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
| Genres | Novel, playwriting, scriptwriting |
| Years active | 1974–2018 |
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.[1] 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 on 29 October 2018.[2]
Selected works
Novels
- La Hoguera (in Spanish) (The Bonfire), 1974
- Tasman's Lay, 1995
- Leapfrog with Unicorns, 1996
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
Peter Hawes (2014), Forty Years of Centrepoint Theatre: The History According to Hawes (PDF), p. 77, Wikidata Q107708826, a history of Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North
References
- "La Hoguera". Iberlibro. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- "Hawes, Peter". Retrieved 7 August 2020.