O.E. Middleton

O.E. Middleton (1925-2010) was a senior figure in New Zealand literature. Having worked at a variety of jobs, he served in the air force and army in 1944–45 and after the war lived in the US before travel in Europe. He began publishing his stories in 1949 and emerged as a significant practitioner of the 'vernacular critical realist tradition of Frank Sargeson'. But, as the editor has written, 'At his best ... he is a subtle artist who can extend the sympathetic imagination of his readers, increase their awareness of basic human worth and show the evils of racial and economic injustice.'