Friday, April 18, 2008


WELL DESERVED TRIBUTE TO ROBIN DUDDING FROM THE IIML NEWSLETTER

We’re delighted to learn that mystery man of New Zealand literature, Robin Dudding, is to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Auckland on April 23, which is UNESCO World Book Day and (some say) Shakespeare’s birthday.
Robin Dudding’s contribution to New Zealand writing can hardly be over-estimated. As an editor at Mate, at Landfall, and – most remarkably – at Islands, he had catholic tastes but a vigorous sense of quality control. And, admirably, he was a non-writing editor – journals like Islands never became vehicles for his own work or that of his very best friends.
There is a recent discussion of Dudding and Islands at LeafSalon, with interesting contributions from Sport editor Fergus Barrowman and what we can only presume to be the ghost of Pat Lawlor.
The future Dr Dudding will be in very good company on April 23 – Vincent O’Sullivan is to be honoured at the same ceremony.

The above is taken from the 122nd in a series of occasional newsletters from the Victoria University centre of the International Institute of Modern Letters. For more information about any of the items, please email modernletters@vuw.ac.nz.
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