Albert Wendt

Albert Wendt, CNZM (born 1939) is a Samoan poet and writer who also lives in New Zealand. Among his works is Leaves of the Banyan Tree (1979). Albert Wendt was born in Apia, Samoa. Wendt is of German heritage through his great-grandfather from his patrilineal ancestry, which he reflected it in some of his poetry works. He studied at Ardmore Teacher's College and at the Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with an M.A. in History. His Masters' thesis was about the Mau, Samoa's independence movement from colonialism during the early 1900s. His thesis was titled Guardians and Wards: A study of the origins, causes and the first two years of the Mau in Western Samoa. He returned in 1965 to Western Samoa, becoming principal of Samoa...