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Lydia Wevers Death – Obituary | Lydia Wevers Has Died

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Lydia Wevers Death – Obituary: It is with great sorrow that we share the news that Lydia Wevers passed away on September 4 in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Lydia was a regular AVSA conference attendee, a great scholar, mentor, and author. She was a good friend to many, and we will miss her greatly.

On September 6th, 2021, InsideEko Media learned about the death of Lydia Wevers through social media publications made on Twitter.

InsideEko is yet to confirm Lydia Wevers’s cause of death as no health issues, accident or other causes of death have been learned to be associated with the passing.

This death has caused a lot of friends and family of Wevers much hurt. In that mourning spirit, concerned persons have taken to social media to share tributes to the deceased and condolences to the affected family

Tributes To Lydia Wevers

Across social media users’ timelines are statements that show respect, admiration, and gratitude towards Wevers as people mourn the passing.

Christopher Hilliard
Very sad to hear of Lydia Wevers’ death. An extraordinary close reader and sensitive historian, a custodian of scholarly institutions, and a warm and generous person.
Rob Kelly
Feeling desperately sad today at the news of the death of Lydia Wevers. She was a giant in her field, extremely kind and had a huge sense of fun. She changed my life fundamentally and I’ll miss her terribly.
Australian Literary Studies
ALS mourns the passing of the brilliant & generous Lydia Wevers. Her many contributions to the journal showcase her skill & range as a scholar, from adventure fiction to contemporary women’s writing, from settler colonial studies to cultures of reception.
Robyn Hunt
Deaths of legendary artist Billy Apple & Lydia Wevers were announced today, She was a writer, the director of the Stout Research Centre, former vice-president of the New Zealand Book Council, chaired the Trustees of the National Library, & was a former member of the Arts Council
ASAL
Vale Lydia Wevers, a gracious & intelligent literary scholar. She delivered the 2008 Dorothy Green Lecture titled ‘The View from Here’, powered the 2013 ASAL conference in Wellington on the theme of ‘The Colonies: Australia & New Zealand’, & had a dry & wonderful sense of humour.
Paula Green
I am feeling so deluged today, and now I hear news the wonderful, much loved Lydia Wevers has died, and I am feeling such intense sadness. I travelled in her footsteps as I wrote Wild Honey. Every day brings another grief, every hour a continued search for resilience. Xx

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More information on the death of Wevers will be updated as we receive it. Official obituary publication will be made by the family of the deceased.

This publication does not contain information on Lydia Wevers’s funeral plans and visitations. You may wait for the family to release a statement on that or reach out to them when it is convenient for them to speak.

Family privacy should be respected at this difficult time. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the passing of Wevers.

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