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Robin Dudding was born on 7 December, 1935 in New Zealand, is a New Zealand editor and journalist. Discover Robin Dudding's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Born 7 December, 1935
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Date of death 21 April 2008
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1935

Robin Nelson Dudding (7 December 1935 – 21 April 2008) was a New Zealand literary editor and journalist who founded the influential literary journal Islands (1972–1988).

1952

Dudding was a cadet reporter at the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune from 1952 until moving to Auckland in the mid 1950s.

He joined the Auckland Star, after a short time working as a freelance “seagull” labourer on the wharves.

1957

In 1957 he took over the co-editorship, and then full editorship, of the magazine Mate, whose first edition had been edited by the poet Kevin Ireland.

Contributions to Mate 2 included Barry Crump’s first published story, as well as writing by Maurice Gee, Frank Sargeson and Ireland.

Mate was produced from Dudding’s home in Torbay on Auckland’s North Shore, and he supported his unpaid literary endeavours and his growing family with full-time work as a reporter, and later teacher.

1958

Dudding married Lois Yvonne Miller in 1958.

They had five daughters and a son.

He was an enthusiastic gardener and chicken breeder.

He was a heavy smoker until his late 50s.

1959

In 1959 he left the Star to train as a primary schoolteacher.

While still a reporter, Dudding fell in with the Auckland literary set, whose gatherings revolved around the Queen’s Ferry pub in the central city.

1966

He was also editor of the literary journals Landfall (1966–1972) and Mate (1957–1966), and publisher of a number of novels and poetry and essay collections.

He has been called the “most gifted and significant literary editor” of his generation, having given many New Zealand writers their first prominent outlet.

Dudding was born in Hastings in the Hawke’s Bay, son of Ernest, a baker, and Winifred (née Hinton) a schoolteacher.

He attended Hastings High School, where he developed an interest in writing and literature.

In 1966 Dudding moved to Christchurch to take over the editorship of literary journal Landfall from founder Charles Brasch, and to be general editor of the Caxton Press.

1970

The magazine was swiftly recognised as the “pre-eminent literary periodical of the 1970s”, and was published by Dudding, with occasional pauses, until 1988.

There were 38 issues in all.

1972

In 1972 he was fired from Caxton and founded his own magazine, Islands, once again supporting literary editing with other work, including freelance editing, teaching and gardening.

1976

In 1976, an issue of Islands was devoted to the Ian Wedde novel Dick Seddon’s Great Dive, which won the 1977 Book Award for Fiction.

1979

The following year, Dudding published Kevin Ireland’s poetry collection Literary Cartoons, which won the 1979 Book Award for Poetry.

Dudding was awarded Auckland University’s first Literary Fellowship in 1979.

1980

From the mid-1980s Dudding wrote the Bookmarks column for the New Zealand Listener and was later a subeditor for the magazine.

2003

In 2003 he was guest editor of the annual online anthology Best New Zealand Poems.

2008

In April 2008 he was awarded an honorary doctorate for literature by Auckland University, but died of emphysema two days before the ceremony.

His award was received on his behalf by his family.

2016

In November 2016 Victoria University Press published a memoir about Dudding by his journalist son Adam Dudding, entitled My Father's Island, which is shortlisted in the general non-fiction category of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.