Keith Ovenden
Keith William Ovenden ONZM (born 1943[1]) is an English novelist and biographer.[2][3][4]
Keith Ovenden | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) Ovenden in 2013 | |
| Born | 1943 (age 79–80) London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Spouse | Helen Sutch |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | The renationalisation of the iron and steel industry, 1964–67: a study in legislative politics (1971) |
Ovenden was born and raised in London; he was educated at Wanstead County High School. He went on to study for degrees at the University of Keele (United Kingdom), University of Michigan (United States) and the University of Oxford.[5]
Keith Ovenden started his career lecturing at the University of Essex in the Department of Government. Since then he has lived abroad in New Zealand, France, and the United States, writing books.[5] He is currently based in Wellington, New Zealand.
Ovenden is married to Helen Sutch, daughter of William Ball Sutch and Shirley Smith.
Ovenden was appointed Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2020 New Years Honours, for services to the arts.[6]
Books
- Academic
- Apartheid and International Finance: A Programme for Change, Penguin, 1989. (With Tony Cole.)
- Novels
- Ratatui, 1984.
- O.E., 1986.
- The Greatest Sorrow, Penguin, 1998. ISBN 0-241-13977-5. (Set in Oxford.)
- Quick Bright Things, Hamish Hamilton, 2000. ISBN 0-241-14087-0
- Biography
- A Fighting Withdrawal: The Life of Dan Davin – Writer, Soldier, Publisher, Oxford University Press (1996).[7] ISBN 978-0192123350
- Bill & Shirley: A memoir, Massey University Press (2020).[8][9] ISBN 978-0-9951318-3-5
References
- Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
- "Keith Ovenden (b. 1943)". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- Robinson, Roger; Wattie, Nelson, eds. (1998). "Ovenden, Keith". The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195583489.
- "Keith Ovenden (person)". New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- "Keith Overden". nz.penguinclassics.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2006.
- "Keith Ovenden | Massey University Press". www.masseypress.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- Carroll, Mark (Winter 1997). "A Fighting Withdrawal: The Life of Dan Davin, Writer, Soldier, Publisher". Publishing Research Quarterly. Vol. 13, no. 4. New York. pp. 68–70.
- "Bill & Shirley: A Memoir, Keith Ovenden". masseypress.ac.nz. New Zealand: Massey University Press. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- Boyce, S. A. (19 October 2020). "Between a personal memoir and a biography – Bill and Shirley, A Memoir by Keith Ovenden". Flaxroot Productions. Retrieved 14 June 2022.