Yvonne du Fresne | |
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Born | Tākaka |
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Occupation | Short story writer, novelist |
Yvonne Donna du Fresne (30 September 1929 – 13 March 2011) was a New Zealand writer of Danish descent. [1]
She was born in Tākaka and grew up in a Danish-French Huguenot settlement in the Manawatū District on the North Island. [2] She trained as a teacher in Christchurch and taught in primary school. [1] Du Fresne was first published in the 1950s. In 1980, she published a collection of short stories Farvel and other stories which received the PEN best first book award. [2]
She wrote three radio plays: The Spring, The Ship and A Little Talk About Our Winter District, which were performed on New Zealand's National Radio. In 1999, du Fresne was writer in residence at Aarhus University in Denmark. [1]
She died in Wellington at the age of 81. [1]
Du Fresne wrote: [2]