Lydia Wevers
Encyclopedia
Lydia Wevers is a New Zealand
literary critic
, English language literary historian
, editor
, and book reviewer
.
Wevers moved to New Zealand from the Netherlands
in 1953.
Wevers is a former Vice-President of the New Zealand Book Council
, and currently chairs the Trustees of the National Library
. She was a member of the 2001 selection panel for the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Awards and is a member of the Arts Board of Creative New Zealand
.
Wevers is currently the Director of the Stout Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington
and reviews books for ‘Nine to Noon’ on National Radio as well as major newspapers, journals, and magazines.
Wevers currently lives in Wellington.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
literary critic
Literary criticism
Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...
, English language literary historian
History of literature
The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry which attempts to provide entertainment, enlightenment, or instruction to the reader/hearer/observer, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces. Not all...
, editor
Copy editing
Copy editing is the work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style, and accuracy of text. Unlike general editing, copy editing might not involve changing the substance of the text. Copy refers to written or typewritten text for typesetting, printing, or publication...
, and book reviewer
Literary criticism
Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...
.
Wevers moved to New Zealand from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1953.
Wevers is a former Vice-President of the New Zealand Book Council
New Zealand Book Council
The New Zealand Book Council is a not-for-profit organisation that presents a wide range of programmes that promote books and reading.It was established in 1972 as a response to UNESCO's International Book Year ....
, and currently chairs the Trustees of the National Library
National Library of New Zealand
The National Library of New Zealand is New Zealand's legal deposit library charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations"...
. She was a member of the 2001 selection panel for the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Awards and is a member of the Arts Board of Creative New Zealand
Creative New Zealand
The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa is the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government, investing in artists and arts organisations, offering capability building programmes and developing markets and audiences for New Zealand arts domestically and internationally...
.
Wevers is currently the Director of the Stout Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...
and reviews books for ‘Nine to Noon’ on National Radio as well as major newspapers, journals, and magazines.
Wevers currently lives in Wellington.
Literary works (as author, editor or contributor)
- 1984 Selected poems/Robin Hyde
- 1987 Happy Endings: Stories by Australian and New Zealand Women, 1850s-1930s
- 1989 Goodbye to Romance: Stories by Australian and New Zealand Women 1930s –1980s
- 1990 Tabasco Sauce and Ice Cream: Stories by New Zealanders
- 2000 Travelling to New Zealand: An Oxford Anthology
- 2002 Country of Writing: Travel Writing About New Zealand 1809-1900
- 2004 On Reading
- 2010 Reading on the Farm: Victorian Fiction and the Colonial World