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Born | Peter Robert Hawes 30 September 1947 Westport, New Zealand |
Died | 29 October 2018 Koitiata, New Zealand | (aged 71)
Occupation | Writer |
Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
Genres | Novel, playwriting, scriptwriting |
Years active | 1974–2018 |
Peter Robert Hawes (30 September 1947 – 29 October 2018) was a New Zealand playwright, novelist, and scriptwriter.
Born in Westport, Hawes earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch.
Whilst living in Barcelona, he wrote—in Spanish—a best-selling novel about the Spanish Inquisition: La Hoguera (The Bonfire), published in 1974. [1] After returning to New Zealand in 1975, he worked for television, as a researcher and journalist, and as a scriptwriter for various series, including Fraggle Rock, and Against the Law.
Several of his plays remain unperformed; for example, A Higher Form of Killing.
Hawes died at Koitiata on 29 October 2018. [2] [3]
Peter Hawes (2014), Forty Years of Centrepoint Theatre: The History According to Hawes (PDF), p. 77, Wikidata Q107708826, a history of Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North