Margaret died on July 23rd 2012 aged 76. She will be missed, a giant in the world of New Zealand literature.
Among the many awards she received, In 2006, Margaret Mahy won the prestigious biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, in recognition of her lifetime contribution to children's literature.
In awarding the 2006 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing to Margaret Mahy, the jury has recognized one of the world’s most original re-inventers of language. Mahy’s language is rich in poetic imagery, magic, and supernatural elements. Her oeuvre provides a vast, numinous, but intensely personal metaphorical arena for the expression and experience of childhood and adolescence. Equally important, however, are her rhymes and poems for children. Mahy’s works are known to children and young adults all over the world. —Jeffrey Garrett,
Among the many awards she received, In 2006, Margaret Mahy won the prestigious biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, in recognition of her lifetime contribution to children's literature.
In awarding the 2006 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing to Margaret Mahy, the jury has recognized one of the world’s most original re-inventers of language. Mahy’s language is rich in poetic imagery, magic, and supernatural elements. Her oeuvre provides a vast, numinous, but intensely personal metaphorical arena for the expression and experience of childhood and adolescence. Equally important, however, are her rhymes and poems for children. Mahy’s works are known to children and young adults all over the world. —Jeffrey Garrett,