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New Zealand author

Ronald Hugh Morrieson (29 January 1922 – 26 December 1972) was a novelist and short story writer in the New Zealand vernacular, who was little known in his home country until after his death.

His infamous batch of potent parsnip wine was quite an achievement for a ten year-old, though it launched Morrieson's drinking career.

His infamous batch of potent parsnip wine was quite an achievement for a ten year-old, though it launched Morrieson's drinking career.

When John Donald Morrison was born on 4 November , in Marble Mountain, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Allan Morrison, was 41 and his mother.

When Ronald Hugh Morrison was born on 12 September , in West Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Allan Morrison, was 39 and his mother, Christina Ross.

Ronald was a graduate of A.I.C.; and also honorably served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict.

Hugh Thomas Morrison was born on month day , in birth place, Vermont.

He earned his living as a musician and music teacher, and played in dance bands throughout south Taranaki. Morrieson lived in the Taranaki town of Hāwera all his life and this town appears (under other names) in his novels. He was a heavy drinker throughout his life and this contributed to his early death.

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Novels

Morrieson wrote four novels: coming of age tale The Scarecrow (1963), Came a Hot Friday (1964), Predicament (published in 1975) and his only contemporary novel Pallet on the Floor (1976), which may have been unfinished upon his death.

Ronald H. Morrison, 89, devoted husband of 66 years to Barbara (VanOrman) Morrison, Ascended Into the Journey of Everlasting Life, on May 21,

All have been adapted for the cinema. Two short stories were published posthumously, in 1974; "Cross My Heart And Cut My Throat" and "The Chimney".

Morrieson's firs