Papua New Guinean literature is diverse. The emergence of written literature (as distinct from oral literature ) is comparatively recent in Papua New Guinea . It was given its first major stimulus with the setting up of creative writing courses by Ulli Beier at the University of Papua New Guinea (established in 1966). Beier also founded a Papua Pocket Poets series, as well as the literary magazine Kovave , the first of its kind in the country. Some of Papua New Guinea's first noted writers, including John Kasaipwalova , Kumalau Tawali , Apisai Enos and Kama Kerpi , were first published in Kovave .
In 1968, Albert Maori Kiki ’s autobiography Ten Thousand Years in a Lifetime was the first major work of Papua New Guinean literature published outside a magazine. In 1970, Vincent Eri published the first Papua New Guinean novel, The Crocodile .
Notable Papua New Guinean writers also include Ignatius Kilage , Nora Vagi Brash , Steven Edmund Winduo and Loujaya Kouza .
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