Barry Mitcalfe (31 March 1930 – 1986) was a New Zealand poet, editor, and

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. Born in 1930 in

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, New Zealand, Mitcalfe studied at

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, where he received a Diploma in Education in 1962, and a

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(with honours) in 1963. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he was a leader of the New Zealand movement against the

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, and co-edited several booklets on the issue. After the war ended, he became a leader of the New Zealand anti-nuclear movement. In 1981, he was a writer-in-residence at the South Australia College of Advanced Education, and in 1982 held an Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing at the

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. In 1977, he was awarded the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship in Menton.

Family

Mitcalfe was married to the botanist and conservationist Barbara Mitcalfe.

Published works

*''Thirty Poems'', Hurricane House, 1960. *''Poetry of the Maori'', Paul's Book Arcade, 1961. *''Salvation Jones'', Torbay, 1962. *''Nine New Zealanders'',

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, Christchurch, 1963. *''The Long Holiday'', Whitcombe & Tombs, Christchurch, 1964. *''Polynesian Studies'',

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, 1964. *''Writing: poems'', Wellington Teachers College Arts Council, 1969. *''Maori Poetry: The Singing Word'',

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, 1974. *''Moana'', Seven Seas, 1975. *''Migrant'', Caveman Press, 1975. *''I Say, Wait for Me'', (short stories), Outrigger, 1976. *''Maori'', Coromandel, 1980; *''The Square Gang'', Faber, 1981. *''The North Sun, Moon, and Stars'', Coromandel, 1982. *''Beach'', Coromandel, 1982. *''Northland'', Coromandel, 1984. *''Look to the Land'', Coromandel, 1986.

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1930 births 1986 deaths 20th-century New Zealand poets 20th-century New Zealand male writers New Zealand male poets New Zealand editors New Zealand anti–nuclear weapons activists People from Wellington City Victoria University of Wellington alumni {{NewZealand-writer-stub

Family

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