Warren Dibble | |
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Born | Warren Ambrose Dibble 21 February 1931 Palmerston North, New Zealand |
Died | 27 July 2014 83) Sydney, NSW, Australia | (aged
Occupation | Playwright, poet |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Warren Ambrose Dibble (21 February 1931 – 27 July 2014) was a New Zealand poet and playwright.
Dibble was born in Palmerston North on 21 February 1931, the son of Victor Thomas Dibble and Alma Dibble (née Edgecombe). [1] [2] His father was secretary of the Manawatu Racing Club, and committed suicide by gunshot in December 1932, having suffered from depression and what would now be understood as post-traumatic stress disorder following his service in World War I. [3] [4]
Dibble was awarded the Robert Burns Fellowship from the University of Otago in 1969. [5] Ralph Hotere, who was the Frances Hodgkins Fellow at Otago also in 1969, [6] incorporated some of Dibble's poems into his artwork. [7] Dibble wrote plays for television, theatre and radio, including Killing of Kane, based on the deeds of Titokowaru in Taranaki in the 1860s, [7] the anti-Vietnam war theatrical cartoon Operation Pigstick, [8] [9] the one-off tele-drama Double Exposure, [10] Lord, Dismiss Us… and Lines to M. [11]
Dibble moved to Sydney in the 1970s and died there in 2014. [12]
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