| 词条 | Gavan Daws |
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| name = Gavan Daws | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1933 | birth_place = Australia | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Writer | language = English | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = University of Hawaii at Manoa Ph.D. University of Melbourne B.A. | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = A Shoal of Time | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} Gavan Daws is an American writer, historian and filmmaker residing in Honolulu, Hawaii. He writes about Hawaii, the Pacific, and Asia. Daws is originally from Australia and got his B.A. in English and History from the University of Melbourne. He has a Ph.D. in Pacific History from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His best-known works are Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, in print since 1968; Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai, the biography of a nineteenth-century missionary priest to Hawaii who served leprosy sufferers, and who has recently been canonized; and Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific. Daws co-produced and co-directed Angels of War: The People of Papua New Guinea and World War II, which won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary. His other work includes song lyrics and a stage play with music and choreography. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Humanities in Australia, and served as the Pacific member of the UNESCO Commission on the Scientific and Cultural History of Humankind. Major works
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References1. ^{{cite book |title= Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai |first= Gavan |last=Daws |authorlink=Gavan Daws|publisher= University of Hawaii Press |year= 1984 |ISBN= 0824809203}} External links
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