Epeli Hauʻofa

Epeli Hauʻofa was born on 7 December 1939 in Papua, to Tongan missionary parents. He studied in Australia and Canada, defended a thesis in social anthropology at the Australian National University in 1981 and was, from 1978 to 1981, private secretary to the King of Tonga. In 1983 he took over the sociology department at the University of the South Pacific, in Suva, where in 1997 he founded a centre for Oceanian arts and culture. He died in Suva on 11 January 2009.

In the catalogue 2

• Short storiesTales of the TikongsEpeli Hauʻofa · 1983Literature
• NovelKisses in the NederendsEpeli Hauʻofa · 1987Literature