Robinson, Roger, 1939-
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Name (Latin)
Robinson, Roger, 1939-
Other forms of name
Robinson, Roger D
Date of birth
1939-05-15
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Katherine Mansfield--in from the margin, c1994:CIP t.p. (Roger Robinson)
- LC data base, 6-16-93(hdg.: Robinson, Roger D.; usage: Roger Robinson)
- Phone call to La. State Univ. Press, 6-16-93(Roger Robinson; b. 5-15-39; also author of: Victoriana)
- The Oxford companion to New Zealand literature, 1998:t.p. (Roger Robinson) jkt. (Professor of English at Victoria University of Wellington, and has published widely on English and New Zealand literature)
- Heroes and sparrows, 1986:t.p. (Roger Robinson) back cover (long international running career extends back to 1966. Turned 40 in 1979. Writer, speaker and TV commentator on running. Prof. English Literature at Victoria Univ., Wellington. One of New Zealand's leading literary essayists)
- NZ database, Jan. 12, 2005(hdg.: Robinson, Roger Derek)
Wikipedia description:
Roger Derek Robinson (born 1939) is a New Zealand academic, essayist, editor, runner, sportswriter, and sports commentator. Robinson earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and moved to New Zealand in 1968, where he became an English professor at Victoria University of Wellington. He has expertise in New Zealand literature (co-editing The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature in 1998) and literature and journalism relating to running. He has written and edited several books about running, including When Running Made History (2018), and received awards for his sporting journalism. As a runner, he competed internationally from 1966 to 1995 and won marathons at a Masters level in the 1980s.
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