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William Direen is a New Zealand writer and performer. His novels use a range of narrative techniques and are concerned with u/dys-topias, belief structures and questions of survival. He lives in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he edits the literary magazine Percutio *() . For his work with musicians see Builders. ==Recent Works== * Christchurch, Canal City, futuristic utopian vision of a Christchurch preserving historical suburban identities, with elevated trains, networks of canals and a unique approach to organising society. Published in ''Percutio 2014, Nr. 8''. * The Book of Flanagan a semi-mythical history of Christchurch from creation of the region by a 'fictitious' god called Thong, pre-history, flora and fauna, arrival of humans, up until recent events. Edition of one. Handwritten in capitals, in a self-made booklet, exhibited at Christchurch Art Gallery as part of larger exhibition (containing many booklets filled by guests), brainchild of artist Scott Flanagan, 2011. * Onaevia (E-book of 2002 fable, containing mythology and appendices of an imaginary people, 2015). * The Ballad of Rue Belliard (Novel, The Writers Group, 2013). Author name, Guillaume Direen. An experimental romance set within a community on the outer perimeter of Paris. Entire issue of ISSN 1175-9313 #48. * Versions Translations (Poetry, Kilmog Press, 2014). Responses to a range of European language poems. * Utopia Rag (Novel, Tank Press, 2014). Reissue of the road novel of 2002, set in the South Island of New Zealand. * Wormwood (Novel, Titus Books, 2012). Limited reissue of the 1997 experimental novel set in Berlin. Sold at readings and performances only. * Tourtagebuch (Diary, Titus Books, 2012). ISBN 979-10-91280-00-6. German translation by Arno Loeffler of Direen's 1994 personal diary of a European performance tour. * Fallen to a Field. Poem in five parts recorded in collaboration with NZ pianist Jonathan Crayford at NZ Embassy in Paris. 30 mins. Broadcast by Radio New Zealand Concert, 10 July 2012. * Dunedin Poems (Kilmog Press, 2011). ISBN 978-0-9864665-5-7 * Radio Play for a Defunct Station, chapbook (available with performance at Depot Artspace, Devonport. 2010. * Devonport, A Diary Diary impressions of Devonport, Auckland, during tenure of the University of Auckland Fellowship at the Michael King Writers Centre in 2010. (Signalmans House Series Nº.1, Holloway Press, University of Auckland, 2011) ISBN 978-0-9864618-0-4 * L. A novella, set in New Zealand in the midst of guerrilla warfare between two economic factions; the world has been reshaped after geological upheavals. Published in an anthology of NZ speculative fiction writers ''A Foreign Country''. (Random Static. Anna Caro & Juliet Buchanan, editors). 2010. ISBN 978-0-473-16916-9 * Enclosures (Novel, Titus Books, 2008) Transgeneric novel in five parts including Jonah (at Kapiti), The Stadium (history of a people confined to a biosphere), and autobiographical content. ISBN 978-1-877441-06-6 * Song of the Brakeman (Novel, 2006). Apocalyptic vision of a future South Pacific. Science fiction novel. (Titus Books) ISBN 0-9582586-7-8 * Jules (Novel, 2003). 24 hours in the life of a Parisian art teacher, who is hallucinating characters from the paintings he researches. (Alpha Books) ISBN 0958326649 / 9780958326643 * Onaevia (Fable, 2002). History and mythology of an imaginary land. (Alpha Books) ISBN 0-9583266-0-6 * Editor Percutio, ISSN 1953-1427, a trans-cultural literary annual (poetry, fiction extracts, translations & versions, essays, reviews and history). 2006, -07, -08, -09, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -15. Guest Editor of Landfall #219 'On Music'. ISBN (of #219 only) 978-1-877372 98-8; ''brief'' #36 and #42 (ISSN 1175-9313). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Direen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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