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- Birth nameMaurice Gough Gee
- Maurice Gee was born on August 22, 1931 in Whakatane, New Zealand. He was a writer, known for In My Father's Den (2004), Trespasses (1984) and Fracture (2004). He was married to Margareta. He died on June 12, 2025 in Nelson, New Zealand.
- SpouseMargareta(1970 - June 15, 2025) (his death, 3 children)
- Has three children Nigel, Emily and Abigail.
- Gee was a supporter of end of life choice.
- The writer was named one of the Arts Foundation's inaugural Icon Whakamana Hiranga recipients in 2003 and had in 1992 been awarded the prestigious Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship.
- He won multiple awards for both adult and children's writing and was named an Arts Foundation Icon in 2003 and won the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in 2004.
- Grew up in West Auckland, which appeared as a fictionalised setting in much of his writing.
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