Ihimaera receives NZ$50,000 laureate despite plagiarism controversy

17 November 2009 Books+Publishing

New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera, whose failure to acknowledge passages from other authors in his recent novel The Trowenna Sea (Raupo) has caused controversy recently, has been named a laureate by New Zealand's Arts Foundation. The laureate, which also went to carver Lyonel Grant, musicians Chris Knox and Richard Nunns...