Keri Hulme, New Zealand author and poet
Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (9 March 1947 – 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer of Kāi Tahu and Kāti Māmoe descent. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui. Her novel the bone people won the Booker Prize in 1985; she was the first New Zealander to win the award, and also the first writer to win the prize for their debut novel. Hulme's writing explores themes of isolation, postcolonial and multicultural identity, and Maori, Celtic, and Norse mythology.