Nora Vagi Brash
Nora Vagi Brash | |
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| Born | December 14, 1944  |
| Died | April 23, 2024 (aged 79) Port Moresby |
| Spouse(s) | Elton Thomas Brash |
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Nora Vagi Brash (December 14, 1944 – April 23, 2024) CMG OBE was a playwright and author from Papau New Guinea.
Nora Vagi was born on December 14, 1944 in Dagoda, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. She graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea.[1]
including the lyric poem "Song of the Winds".[2]
English, Tok Pisin, and Hiri Motu.[3]
Nora Vagi Brash died on 23 April 2024 in Port Moresby General Hospital.[4]
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"[5] 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".[6][7]
Personal life
In 1966, she married Elton Brash, vice-chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea and international aid consultant. He died in 1998.[8]
Bibliography
- The High Cost of Living Differently: A Radio Play. (1976) Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. [9][10]
- Which Way Big Man? (1977) Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. [9][10]
- Taurama: A Play in Four Acts. Port Moresby: Owl Books, 1985.[10]
- Black Market Buai, published in the literary magazine Ondohondo (Mid-1982): 18-22.[10]
- Pick the Bone Dry. Ondohondo, no. 7 (1985-1986): 20-30.[10]
- Which Way, Big Man? and Five Other Plays. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Collects Which Way, Big Man?, The High Cost of Living Differently, Black Market Buai, Taurama, Pick the Bone Dry, and City Spirit (1995).[3]
References
- ^ 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) - ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0LW7DZ5F514MEQ8AYJatFYUDQgT1rnE6FXKDTonLKn3dDA53X6bzh3D31M5Vn4S4Xl&id=100064619622548
- ^ "Page 35 | Supplement 58362, 16 June 2007 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ pcAdminPNG (2018-06-11). "Two more receive Knighthood from Queen". Post Courier. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ Author, Loop (2018-06-11). "2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List". Loop PNG. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Howie-Willis, Ian, "Elton Thomas Brash (1938–1998)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-04-25
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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