Albert Wendt

Albert Wendt is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Auckland. He has been an influential figure in the developments that have shaped Pacific literature since the 1970s and was made Companion of the Order of New Zealand in 2001 for his services to literature. He is the author of The Adventures of Vela—winner of the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize—Pouliuli, and Sons for the Return Home.