Edmund Bohan

Edmund Bohan
MNZM
Bohan in 2019
Born(1935-10-05)5 October 1935
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died23 March 2024(2024-03-23) (aged 88)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupations
  • Historian
  • biographer
  • novelist
  • singer
  • author
Writing career
LanguageEnglish

Edmund Bohan MNZM, also known as Ned Bohan (5 October 1935 – 23 March 2024), was a New Zealand historian, biographer, novelist, singer, and author.

In the 2019 New Year Honours, Bohan was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music, historical research, and literature.

He died at Christchurch's Nurse Maude Hospice on 23 March 2024.

He explained his approach to writing to Rachel McAlpine as follows: “My literary attitude is comparatively simple, and the same as my historical attitude. I’m a story teller: I want to know what happened."

Published works

Political Biographies

Source:

  • Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman (Hazard Press, 1994).
  • Blest Madman: FitzGerald of Canterbury (Canterbury University Press, 1998).
  • To Be a Hero: a biography of Sir George Grey (HarperCollins 1998).

Historical Detective Novels

Source:

  • The Opawa Affair (Hazard Press, 1996).
  • The Dancing Man (Hazard Press, 1997).
  • The Matter of Parihaka (Hazard Press, 1999).
  • Singing Historian: A Memoir (Canterbury University Press, 2012).

References

  1. ↑ "Bohan, Edmund". ReadNZ. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "New Year honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Opera singer and historian Edmund Bohan recognised with Honour". Radio New Zealand. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Edmund Bohan Obituary". The Press. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 McAlpine, Rachel (2000). Nine Winning Habits of Successful Authors. Wellington, New Zealand: CC Press. pp. 42–43. ISBN 0-473-06556-8.