At the time of his suicide in Cairo in April 1945 (while serving with the British army), many New Zealanders knew little of the Christchurch-born John Mulgan.
This changed following the 1949 reprint of his novel Man alone, which became a classic of New Zealand literature and a staple of the secondary curriculum.
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Read more on NZHistory
John MulganThe making of New Zealand literature – Making of New Zealand literature
External links
- John Mulgan (DNZB)
- A Good Mail: Letters of John Mulgan (NZ Listener)
- Peter Whiteford speaks about John Mulgan (RNZ)
- Mulgan, John (NZ Book Council)
- Perceptions of the landscape (Te Ara)
How to cite this page
'Death of John Mulgan', URL: /page/death-john-mulgan, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 12-Feb-2016
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