NZSA member Brian Turner has died.
…” A major New Zealand author, primarily as a poet of the Otago landscape but also as a sometimes intensely argumentative essayist with a very real loathing of forces and people wishing to destroy the Otago landscape, Turner died yesterday morning, at sunrise, after a heart attack.”
Poet, environmentalist, sportsman, journalist, biographer, and playwright Brian Turner ONZM has died at the age of 80.
Here is a link to the early tribute on Newsroom
Philip Temple obituary for Brian Turner – Newsroom
Claire Maybe – The Spin-Off obituary
NZSA ORAL HISTORY PODCAST
As a poet, essayist, biographer and editor, Brian Turner has become one of New Zealand’s most significant writers on landscape, the environment and sport. In this episode, Brian and Naomi Arnold have a wide-ranging discussion about Brian’s writing, environmental activism, sports connections and work in publishing.
NZSA Oral History Podcast with Brian Turner HERE
