Dan Davin (New Zealand Writers and Their Work)
by James Munro Bertram
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" ... Dan Davin (b. 1913) grew up in Invercargill, and was educated at Catholic schools, Otago University and Balliol College, Oxford. He served throughout the [Second World] War chiefly as an [intelligence officer] of the New Zealand Division. In 1945 he joined the staff of the Clarendon Press, Oxford, and in 1978 retired from the position of Academic Publisher to the University. Since the death of Frank Sargeson [in 1982], Davin is probably the senior New Zealand writer of fiction still show more active: he has publkished seven novels, three volumes of short stories, and a ... book of recollections. Though he has been expatriate since 1936 his chosen themes - growing up in Southland, New Zealanders at war, post-war tensions, exile and return - make him a faithful and eloquent recorder of the experienhce of his generation in war and peace."--Back cover. show lessTags
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