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Peter Hawes
Peter Robert Hawes (30 September 1947 – 29 October 2018) was a New Zealand playwright, novelist, and scriptwriter. BiographyBorn in Westport, Hawes earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch. Whilst living in Barcelona, he wrote—in Spanish—a best-selling novel about the Spanish Inquisition: La Hoguera (The Bonfire), published in 1974.[1] After returning to New Zealand in 1975, he worked for television, as a researcher and journalist, and as a scriptwriter for various series, including Fraggle Rock, and Against the Law. Several of his plays remain unperformed; for example, A Higher Form of Killing. Hawes died at Koitiata on 29 October 2018.[2][3] Selected worksNovels
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OtherPeter Hawes (2014), Forty Years of Centrepoint Theatre: The History According to Hawes (PDF), p. 77, Wikidata Q107708826, a history of Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North References
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