Jacquie Sturm

Jacquie Sturm
Sturm, c. 1948
Born	Te Kare Papuni (1927-05-17)17 May 1927 Ōpunake, New Zealand
Died	30 December 2009(2009-12-30) (aged 82) Paekākāriki, New Zealand
Resting place	Ōpunake
Occupation	Poet short story writer
Period	1946–2006
Spouse	James K. Baxter ​ ​ (m. 1948; died 1972)​ Peter Alcock ​ ​ (m. 1997; died 2007)​
Children	2
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Jacqueline Cecilia Sturm (born Te Kare Papuni, also known as Jacquie Baxter; 17 May 1927 – 30 December 2009) was a New Zealand poet, short story writer and librarian. She was one of the first Māori women to complete an undergraduate university degree, at Victoria University College, followed by a Masters of Arts degree in philosophy. She was also the first Māori writer to have her work published in an English anthology. Her short stories were published in several collections and student magazines in the 1950s and early 1960s, and in 1983 a women's publishing collective printed a collection of her short stories as The House of the Talking Cat. She continued to write short stories and poetry well into the early 2000s, and is regarded today as a pioneer of New Zealand literature.