Jacqueline Sturm

Jacqueline Cecilia Sturm, also known as Jacqueline Baxter and Te Kare Papuni (17 May 1927 – 30 December 2009) was a poet and writer of short stories.[1][2] She was born in Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand, and was one of the first Māori women to complete an undergraduate university degree, at Victoria University College, followed by an MA in Philosophy.[3] Her stories were published in several New Zealand literature collections and student magazines in the 1950s and early 1960s, but not again until 1983 when a woman's publishing collective printed her stories as 'The House of the Talking Cat'.

Sturm was also the first Maori woman writer to have her work published in the English language.

She received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Victoria University in May 2003 in 'recognition of her pioneering role'.[3]

She married the New Zealand poet James K. Baxter in 1948. Long after his death she married Peter Alcock. She died in Wellington in December 2009.

References
  1. "Jacqueline Sturm: A pioneering literary figure". The Dominion Post. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. Millar, Paul. "Sturm, Jacqueline Cecilia". The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. Victoria University of Wellington, 'Maori author to receive Honorary Doctorate, 28 January 2003, on scoop.co.nz
  • 'Browner and Stronger – An examination of the writing of J. C. Sturm' Masters Thesis by Jennifer D Sturm . University of Auckland


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