Albert Wendt

Albert Wendt was born on 27 October 1939 in Apia, Samoa. Educated in New Zealand, he took a master's degree in history at Victoria University of Wellington in 1964, then taught at Samoa College, which he went on to head. He joined the University of the South Pacific in Suva in 1974 and became professor of Pacific literature there, before teaching at the University of Auckland from 1988. A novelist and poet, he published among other works Sons for the Return Home in 1973 and Leaves of the Banyan Tree in 1979.

In the catalogue 2

• PoetrySome Modern Poetry from the New HebridesAlbert Wendt · 1975Literature
• NovelLeaves of the Banyan TreeAlbert Wendt · 1979Literature