Terry Sturm | |
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| Born | 11 July 1941 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 25 May 2009 (aged 67) Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Spouses | Helen Gilbert
(m. 1964; div. 1993)Linda Cassells (m. 2002) |
| Children | 3 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds (PhD, 1967) |
| Thesis | Problems of cultural dependence in New Zealand and Australian poetry: with special reference to the work of R.A.K. Mason, Charles Brasch and Allen Curnow, and of Christopher Brennan, A.D. Hope and Judith Wright (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | Norman Jeffares |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English literature |
| Sub-discipline | New Zealand literature, Australian literature |
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| Notable works | The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English (1991, 1998) |
Terence Laurie Sturm CBE (11 July 1941 – 25 May 2009) was a New Zealand professor of English literature and editor. His scholarship was mainly in the fields of Australian and New Zealand literature. He lectured at the University of Sydney from 1967 to 1980, after which he became professor of English at the University of Auckland. He edited the Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English (first edition 1991, second edition 1998).