Barry Mitcalfe

Barry Mitcalfe (31 March 1930 – 1986) was a New Zealand poet, editor, and peace activist.

Born in 1930 in Wellington, New Zealand, Mitcalfe studied at Victoria University of Wellington, where he received a Diploma in Education in 1962, and a Bachelor of Arts (with honours) in 1963.[1] In the 1960s and early 1970s, he was a leader of the New Zealand movement against the Vietnam War, and co-edited several booklets on the issue.[2] After the war ended, he became a leader of the New Zealand anti-nuclear movement.[3] In 1981, he was a writer-in-residence at the South Australia College of Advanced Education, and in 1982 held an Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing at the University of Canterbury.[4] In 1977, he was awarded the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship in Menton.

Family

Mitcalfe was married to the botanist and conservationist Barbara Mitcalfe.[5]

Published works
  • Thirty Poems, Hurricane House, 1960.
  • Poetry of the Maori, Paul's Book Arcade, 1961.
  • Salvation Jones, Torbay, 1962.
  • Nine New Zealanders, Whitcombe & Tombs, Christchurch, 1963.
  • The Long Holiday, Whitcombe & Tombs, Christchurch, 1964.
  • Polynesian Studies, Wellington Teachers' Training College, 1964.
  • Writing: poems, Wellington Teachers College Arts Council, 1969.
  • Maori Poetry: The Singing Word, Victoria University Press, 1974.
  • Moana, Seven Seas, 1975.
  • Migrant, Caveman Press, 1975.
  • I Say, Wait for Me, (short stories), Outrigger, 1976.
  • Maori, Coromandel, 1980;
  • The Square Gang, Faber, 1981.
  • The North Sun, Moon, and Stars, Coromandel, 1982.
  • Beach, Coromandel, 1982.
  • Northland, Coromandel, 1984.
  • Look to the Land, Coromandel, 1986.

See also

References
  1. Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
  2. Elsie Locke, Peace People: A History of Peace Activities in New Zealand, Christchurch, 1992, pp.193, 201.
  3. Locke, p.290.
  4. "Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing - English - School of Culture, Literature and Society - University of Canterbury - New Zealand". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  5. Manson, Bess (26 May 2017). "A Life Story - Barbara Mitcalfe, conservationist, dies, 88". Stuff. Retrieved 2 October 2022.


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