Warren Ambrose Dibble (21 February 1931 – 27 July 2014) was a New Zealand poet and playwright.

Early life and family

Dibble was born in Palmerston North on 21 February 1931, the son of Victor Thomas Dibble and Alma Dibble (née Edgecombe). His father was secretary of the Manawatu Racing Club, and committed suicide by gunshot in December 1932, having suffered from depression and what would now be understood as post-traumatic stress disorder following his service in World War I.

Writing career

Dibble was awarded the Robert Burns Fellowship from the University of Otago in 1969. Ralph Hotere, who was the Frances Hodgkins Fellow at Otago also in 1969, incorporated some of Dibble's poems into his artwork. Dibble wrote plays for television, theatre and radio, including ''Killing of Kane'', based on the deeds of Titokowaru in Taranaki in the 1860s, the anti-Vietnam war theatrical cartoon ''Operation Pigstick'', the one-off tele-drama ''Double Exposure'', ''Lord, Dismiss Us…'' and ''Lines to M''. Dibble moved to

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in the 1970s and died there in 2014.

References

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