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Jan 18, 1922 Greymouth, New Zealand Died on 27 Sep 2002 (aged 80)
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- William Harrison "Bill" Pearson (18 January 1922 – 27 September 2002) was a New Zealand fiction writer, essayist and critic.
- Born in Greymouth he completed a B.A.
- in English at the Canterbury University College and trained as a teacher.
- He taught briefly at Blackball Primary School in 1942 and drew on these experiences to write a novel entitled Coal Flat which was published in 1963. After completing an M.A., Pearson travelled to London in 1949 to begin a PhD at the University of London.
- On completion of his PhD in 1952 he returned to New Zealand, teaching in the English Department at the Auckland University College from 1959 until his retirement in 1986.
- His collected essays and reviews on New Zealand literature and society were published in Fretful Sleepers and Other Essays in 1974. Pearson had a close relationship with the Maori university community during his tenure at the University of Auckland. Pearson was a closeted gay man for much of his life.
- Homosexuality was illegal in New Zealand until 1986.A well-reviewed biography, entitled No Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson by academic Paul Millar, was published in 2010.
