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'''Owen Marshall''' (born 1941, [[Te Kuiti]], [[New Zealand]]) is the pen name of Owen Marshall Jones, a [[New Zealand]] short story writer and novelist. The third son of a Methodist minister, he came of age in [[Blenheim, New Zealand|Blenheim]] and [[Timaru]], and graduated from the [[University of Canterbury]] with an MA in English in 1964. Marshall taught in a rural boys' high school for 25 years before becoming a full time author.
[[File:Owen Marshall CNZM (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Marshall in 2012]]
'''Owen Marshall Jones''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM}} (born 17 August 1941), who writes under the pen name '''Owen Marshall''', is a New Zealand short story writer and novelist.


==Early life and family==
Marshall has been ranked among the very finest, if not the finest, New Zealand’s short story writers, as reported in the New Zealand Book Council short biography of the author[[http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Marshall,%20Owen]]. This would place him in the same category as [[Janet Frame]] and [[Frank Sargeson]].
Marshall was born in [[Te Kūiti]] on 17 August 1941.<ref>{{cite book |last= Lambert |first= Max |title= Who's Who in New Zealand |edition= 12 |orig-year= 1908 |year= 1991 |publisher= Reed |location= Wellington |isbn= 0790001306 |page= 330 }}</ref> He was the third of nine children; his father was a Methodist minister, and his mother (whose maiden name was Marshall) died when he was two. His father remarried about three years later and went on to have a further six children. The family lived in [[Blenheim, New Zealand|Blenheim]] and [[Timaru]], and Marshall was educated at [[Timaru Boys' High School]]. He graduated from the [[University of Canterbury]] with a [[Master of Arts]] degree in English in 1964, and taught at [[Waitaki Boys' High School]] for 25 years before becoming a full-time author.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Marshall,%20Owen|title=Marshall, Owen|publisher=[[New Zealand Book Council]]|date=January 2017|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626204504/https://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Marshall,%20Owen |archive-date=26 June 2009}}</ref>
Marshall is the older half-brother of [[Rhys Jones (soldier)|Rhys Jones]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/from-toy-soldiers-to-the-real-deal/CZVZI3WPRPRQKBAWTG4H7XKB3I/ |title=From toy soldiers to the real deal |first=Catherine |last=Masters |date=11 December 2010 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
In 1985 and 1988, Marshall received the [[Lilian Ida Smith Award]] (Fiction).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://authors.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Lilian-Ida-Smith-Award-recipients-to-2015.pdf|title=Lilian Ida Smith Award Recipients|access-date=26 November 2017}}</ref> In the [[2000 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2000 New Year Honours]], he was appointed an [[Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to literature,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2000 | title=New Year honours list 2000 |date=31 December 1999| publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref> and in the [[2012 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours]], he was promoted to [[Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], also for services to literature.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-and-diamond-jubilee-honours-list-2012 |title=Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee honours list 2012 |date=4 June 2012 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref> In 2013, he was the winner of the fiction section of the [[Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/award-winners/prime-minister-s-awards-for-literary-achievement |title=Previous winners |publisher=[[Creative New Zealand]] |access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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* ''The Best of Owen Marshall's Short Stories''. Auckland : Random House, 1997.
* ''The Best of Owen Marshall's Short Stories''. Auckland : Random House, 1997.
* ''Harlequin Rex''. Auckland: Vintage, 1999. (Novel)
* ''Harlequin Rex''. Auckland: Vintage, 1999. (Novel)
* ''When Gravity Snaps''. Auckland: Vintage, 2002.(Short stories)
* ''When Gravity Snaps''. Auckland: Vintage, 2002. (Short stories)
* ''The Larnachs''. Auckland: Vintage, 2011. (Novel, based on events in the life of [[William Larnach]])
* ''Living as a Moon''. Auckland: Vintage, 2011. (Short stories)
* ''Love as a Stranger''. Auckland: Vintage, 2016. (Novel)
* ''Pearly Gates''. Auckland: Vintage, 2019. (Novel)
* ''Return to Harikoa Bay''. Auckland: Vintage, 2022. (Short stories)
* ''New Stories''. Auckland: Penguin, 2024. (Short stories)

Two of Marshall's short stories have been turned into feature films. ''[[Coming Home in the Dark]]'' (2021) is a psychological thriller directed by James Ashcroft.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kiwi film produced by Wellington Paranormal star to premiere at Sundance |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/123731301/kiwi-film-produced-by-wellington-paranormal-star-to-premiere-at-sundance |access-date=31 October 2024 |work=Stuff |date=17 December 2020}}</ref> Horror film, ''[[The Rule of Jenny Pen]]'', also directed by Ashcroft, was released in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=De La Fuente |first1=Anna Marie |title=John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush and Kristine Froseth Win Acting Awards at Spain’s 57th Sitges Film Festival |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/john-lithgow-geoffrey-rush-sitges-film-festival-1236176292/ |access-date=31 October 2024 |work=Variety |date=13 October 2024}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[New Zealand literature]]
* [[New Zealand literature]]


== Links ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.owenmarshall.net.nz Owen Marshall website]
* [http://www.owenmarshall.net.nz Owen Marshall website]
* [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Marshall,%20Owen NZ Book Council Writer's File for Owen Marshall]
* [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Marshall,%20Owen NZ Book Council Writer's File for Owen Marshall]

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Latest revision as of 21:44, 5 November 2024

This article is about the writer. For the TV show, see Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law. For the footballer, see Owen Marshall (footballer).

Marshall in 2012

Owen Marshall Jones CNZM (born 17 August 1941), who writes under the pen name Owen Marshall, is a New Zealand short story writer and novelist.

Early life and family

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Marshall was born in Te Kūiti on 17 August 1941.[1] He was the third of nine children; his father was a Methodist minister, and his mother (whose maiden name was Marshall) died when he was two. His father remarried about three years later and went on to have a further six children. The family lived in Blenheim and Timaru, and Marshall was educated at Timaru Boys' High School. He graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Master of Arts degree in English in 1964, and taught at Waitaki Boys' High School for 25 years before becoming a full-time author.[2]

Marshall is the older half-brother of Rhys Jones.[3]

Awards and honours

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In 1985 and 1988, Marshall received the Lilian Ida Smith Award (Fiction).[4] In the 2000 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature,[5] and in the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, he was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to literature.[6] In 2013, he was the winner of the fiction section of the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement[7]

Works

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  • Supper Waltz Wilson, and Other New Zealand Stories. Christchurch : Pegasus, 1979.
  • The Master of Big Jingles & Other Stories. Dunedin : McIndoe, 1982.
  • The Day Hemingway Died, and Other Stories. Dunedin : McIndoe, 1984.
  • The Lynx Hunter, and Other Stories. Dunedin : McIndoe, 1987.
  • An indirect geography [radio narrative] by Owen Marshall. 1990.
  • The Divided World : Selected Stories. Dunedin : John McIndoe, 1989.
  • Tomorrow We Save the Orphans : Fiction. Dunedin : John McIndoe, 1992.
  • The Ace of Diamonds Gang and Other Stories: McIndoe Press, 1993.
  • Timeless Land. Painter, Grahame Sydney; poet, Brian Turner; writer, Owen Marshall; with an introduction by Sam Neill. Dunedin : Longacre Press, 1995.
  • The Best of Owen Marshall's Short Stories. Auckland : Random House, 1997.
  • Harlequin Rex. Auckland: Vintage, 1999. (Novel)
  • When Gravity Snaps. Auckland: Vintage, 2002. (Short stories)
  • The Larnachs. Auckland: Vintage, 2011. (Novel, based on events in the life of William Larnach)
  • Living as a Moon. Auckland: Vintage, 2011. (Short stories)
  • Love as a Stranger. Auckland: Vintage, 2016. (Novel)
  • Pearly Gates. Auckland: Vintage, 2019. (Novel)
  • Return to Harikoa Bay. Auckland: Vintage, 2022. (Short stories)
  • New Stories. Auckland: Penguin, 2024. (Short stories)

Two of Marshall's short stories have been turned into feature films. Coming Home in the Dark (2021) is a psychological thriller directed by James Ashcroft.[8] Horror film, The Rule of Jenny Pen, also directed by Ashcroft, was released in 2024.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lambert, Max (1991) [1908]. Who's Who in New Zealand (12 ed.). Wellington: Reed. p. 330. ISBN 0790001306.
  2. ^ "Marshall, Owen". New Zealand Book Council. January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ^ Masters, Catherine (11 December 2010). "From toy soldiers to the real deal". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Lilian Ida Smith Award Recipients" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. ^ "New Year honours list 2000". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1999. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee honours list 2012". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Previous winners". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Kiwi film produced by Wellington Paranormal star to premiere at Sundance". Stuff. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  9. ^ De La Fuente, Anna Marie (13 October 2024). "John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush and Kristine Froseth Win Acting Awards at Spain's 57th Sitges Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
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