{{Short description|New Zealand novelist (1938–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2018}} '''Beryl Joan Fletcher''' (31 May 1938 – 21 February 2018)<ref>[http://deaths.waikatotimes.co.nz/obituaries/waikato-times-nz/obituary.aspx?n=beryl-fletcher&pid=188249402 Beryl Fletcher Obituary]</ref><ref>[https://i.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/102311593/obituary-feminist-author-a-determined-woman Obituary: Feminist author a determined woman]</ref> was a New Zealand feminist [[novelist]]. Her [[first novel]], ''The Word Burners'' won the 1992 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]], Best First Book, Asia/Pacific region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-02-28|title=RiP Beryl Fletcher|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/02/28/102743/rip-beryl-fletcher/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}</ref>
She graduated from the [[University of Waikato]] with a master's degree in Sociology in 1979.<ref name=":0" /> She was resident at the [[University of Iowa]], [[International Writing Program]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1999, she was Writer in Residence at Waikato University. In 2005, she was a Ledig House International Writers’ Resident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/spip.php?article1331 |title=Beryl Fletcher, 2006 - Ambassade de France en Nouvelle Zélande |accessdate=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728075322/http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/spip.php?article1331 |archivedate=2011-07-28 }}</ref> In 2006, she was [[Randell Cottage Writers' Residency|Writer in Residence at the Randell Cottage]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Samdog Design Ltd |url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Fletcher,%20Beryl |title=New Zealand Book Council |website=Bookcouncil.org.nz |date= |accessdate=2016-10-14 |archive-date=18 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018205959/http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Fletcher,%20Beryl |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Works== *{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bUs8G4gHQZEC&q=Beryl+Fletcher| title=The Word Burners| year=1991| publisher=Daphne Brasell Associates Press| isbn=978-0-908896-03-5}}; Spinifex Press, 2002, {{ISBN|978-1-876756-23-9}} *{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnRTwbxCVhIC&q=Beryl+Fletcher| title=The Iron Mouth| publisher=Spinifex Press| year= 1993| isbn= 978-1-875559-22-0}} *{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCbszGAQLdgC&q=Beryl+Fletcher| title=The Silicon Tongue| publisher= Spinifex Press| year= 1996| isbn= 978-1-875559-49-7}} *{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5twwKPK5v3oC&q=Beryl+Fletcher| title=The Bloodwood Clan| publisher=Spinifex Press| year= 1999| isbn= 978-1-875559-80-0 }} *''Juno and Hannah''. Spinifex Press. 2013. {{ISBN|978-1-74219-875-0}}
===Memoir=== *{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HjjI2e-cRaIC&q=Beryl+Fletcher| title=The House at Karamu| publisher=Spinifex Press| year= 2004| isbn= 978-1-876756-35-2 }}
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==External links== *[http://www.berylfletcher.co.nz/ Author's website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307200244/https://www.berylfletcher.co.nz/ |date=7 March 2023 }} *[http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/vwu&CISOPTR=1126&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 Beryl Fletcher interview, The University of Iowa, Nov. 18, 1994 ]{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[http://www.listener.co.nz/uncategorized/her-way/ "Her way"], ''New Zealand Listener'', Beryl Fletcher, July 5, 2003
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