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She told an interviewer "I started writing when I was about seven years old. My father and grandmother had passed away and I was fascinated by their burial sites, the smell of the earth, the way the moonlight fell on the trees. I would sit by the grave and write poems."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Worth |first=Kiara |date=2014-05-09 |title=Spotlight on Nora Vagi Brash, Papua New Guinean writer |url=https://www.writerscollegeblog.com/spotlight-on-nora-vagi-brash/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=The Writers College Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
She told an interviewer "I started writing when I was about seven years old. My father and grandmother had passed away and I was fascinated by their burial sites, the smell of the earth, the way the moonlight fell on the trees. I would sit by the grave and write poems."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Worth |first=Kiara |date=2014-05-09 |title=Spotlight on Nora Vagi Brash, Papua New Guinean writer |url=https://www.writerscollegeblog.com/spotlight-on-nora-vagi-brash/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=The Writers College Times |language=en-US}}</ref>


English, [[Tok Pisin]], and [[Hiri Motu]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Looser |first=Diana |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvsrgvh |title=Remaking Pacific Pasts: History, Memory, and Identity in Contemporary Theater from Oceania |date=2014 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |isbn=978-0-8248-3976-5}}</ref>
Brash wrote plays for stage and radio in a combination of English, [[Tok Pisin]], and [[Hiri Motu]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Looser |first=Diana |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvsrgvh |title=Remaking Pacific Pasts: History, Memory, and Identity in Contemporary Theater from Oceania |date=2014 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |isbn=978-0-8248-3976-5}}</ref>


Her poems includethe lyric poem "Song of the Winds"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Keown |first=Michelle |url=http://archive.org/details/pacificislandswr0000keow |title=Pacific Islands writing : the postcolonial literatures of Aotearoa/New Zealand and Oceania |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford : Oxford University Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-19-922913-0}}</ref> and she published a collection of ''Poems'' in 2011.
Her poems include the lyric poem "Song of the Winds"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Keown |first=Michelle |url=http://archive.org/details/pacificislandswr0000keow |title=Pacific Islands writing : the postcolonial literatures of Aotearoa/New Zealand and Oceania |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford : Oxford University Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-19-922913-0}}</ref> and she published a collection of ''Poems'' in 2011.


Nora Vagi Brash died on 23 April 2024 in [[Port Moresby General Hospital]].<ref>https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0LW7DZ5F514MEQ8AYJatFYUDQgT1rnE6FXKDTonLKn3dDA53X6bzh3D31M5Vn4S4Xl&id=100064619622548</ref>
Nora Vagi Brash died on 23 April 2024 in [[Port Moresby General Hospital]].<ref>https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0LW7DZ5F514MEQ8AYJatFYUDQgT1rnE6FXKDTonLKn3dDA53X6bzh3D31M5Vn4S4Xl&id=100064619622548</ref>

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Nora Vagi Brash
BornDecember 14, 1944 Edit this on Wikidata
DiedApril 23, 2024 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 79)
Port Moresby Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Elton Thomas Brash Edit this on Wikidata
Awards

Nora Vagi Brash (December 14, 1944 – April 23, 2024) CMG OBE was a playwright and author from Papau New Guinea.

Nora Magi Vagi was born on December 14, 1944 in Dagoda, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.[1] She was the daughter of Egi Vagi, a London Missionary Society evangelist.[2] She graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea.[1]

She told an interviewer "I started writing when I was about seven years old. My father and grandmother had passed away and I was fascinated by their burial sites, the smell of the earth, the way the moonlight fell on the trees. I would sit by the grave and write poems."[3]

Brash wrote plays for stage and radio in a combination of English, Tok Pisin, and Hiri Motu.[4]

Her poems include the lyric poem "Song of the Winds"[5] and she published a collection of Poems in 2011.

Nora Vagi Brash died on 23 April 2024 in Port Moresby General Hospital.[6]

Awards and honors

Nora Vagi Brash was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2007 "for services to the arts and education"[7] and awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2018 "for service to the community through active promotion of local culture and heritage in her roles as author, playwright, and poet".[8][9]

Personal life

In 1966, she married Elton Thomas Brash OBE, an Australian who was vice-chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea and international aid consultant. They had two children and adopted five. He died in 1998.[2]

Bibliography

  • The High Cost of Living Differently: A Radio Play. (1976) Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. [10][11]
  • Which Way Big Man? (1977) Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. [10][11]
  • Taurama: A Play in Four Acts. Port Moresby: Owl Books.[11]
  • Black Market Buai, published in the literary magazine Ondohondo (Mid-1982): 18-22.[11]
  • Pick the Bone Dry. Ondohondo, no. 7 (1985-1986): 20-30.[11]
  • Which Way, Big Man? and Five Other Plays (1996). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Collects Which Way, Big Man?, The High Cost of Living Differently, Black Market Buai, Taurama, Pick the Bone Dry, and City Spirit (1995).[4]
  • Grandpa's Memories (1997) Oxford University Press[12]
  • Poems (2011) University of Papua New Guinea Press / Masalai Press[13]

References

  1. ^ a b The Pacific Islands : an encyclopedia. Internet Archive. Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8248-2265-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ a b Howie-Willis, Ian, "Elton Thomas Brash (1938–1998)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-04-25
  3. ^ Worth, Kiara (2014-05-09). "Spotlight on Nora Vagi Brash, Papua New Guinean writer". The Writers College Times. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  4. ^ a b Looser, Diana (2014). Remaking Pacific Pasts: History, Memory, and Identity in Contemporary Theater from Oceania. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3976-5.
  5. ^ Keown, Michelle (2007). Pacific Islands writing : the postcolonial literatures of Aotearoa/New Zealand and Oceania. Internet Archive. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922913-0.
  6. ^ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0LW7DZ5F514MEQ8AYJatFYUDQgT1rnE6FXKDTonLKn3dDA53X6bzh3D31M5Vn4S4Xl&id=100064619622548
  7. ^ "Page 35 | Supplement 58362, 16 June 2007 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  8. ^ pcAdminPNG (2018-06-11). "Two more receive Knighthood from Queen". Post Courier. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  9. ^ Author, Loop (2018-06-11). "2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List". Loop PNG. Retrieved 2024-04-25. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ a b Goetzfridt, Nicholas J. (1995). Indigenous literature of Oceania : a survey of criticism and interpretation. Internet Archive. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-29173-9.
  11. ^ a b c d e Polynesian Cultural Center (Laie, Honolulu; Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus. Institute for Polynesian Studies (1996). Pacific studies. Joseph F. Smith Library Brigham Young University Hawaii. Laie, Hawaii : Brigham Young University, Hawaii Campus.
  12. ^ "Grandpa's Memories". www.oup.com.au. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  13. ^ https://www.pngbuai.com/buybooks/UPNG-press-catalog/UPNG-Masalai-Press-06-2014-PNG-prices.pdf

External links

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