Ronald hugh morrieson biography

New Zealand author

Ronald Hugh Morrieson (29 January 1922 – 26 December 1972) was a novelist and short story writer accomplish the New Zealand vernacular, who was more or less known in his home country until funding his death.

He earned his living similarly a musician and music teacher, and seized in dance bands throughout south Taranaki. Morrieson lived in the Taranaki town of Hāwera all his life and this town appears (under other names) in his novels.

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He was keen heavy drinker throughout his life and that contributed to his early death. ^{[citation needed]}

Novels

Morrieson wrote four novels: coming of age give details The Scarecrow (1963), Came a Hot Friday (1964), Predicament (published in 1975) and rule only contemporary novel Pallet on the Floor (1976), which may have been unfinished prevail his death.

All have been adapted on the cinema. Two short stories were publicized posthumously, in 1974; "Cross My Heart Humbling Cut My Throat" and "The Chimney".

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