PM to present effigy to library

A bronze head of the author Michael King will be presented tomorrow to Alexander Turnbull Library by Prime Minister Helen Clark - exactly two years since his death.

The bronze head was sculpted by King's friend Anthony Stones and was commissioned by the Friends of the Turnbull Library.

"We thought this a fitting way to honour his memory following the death of Michael and his wife, Maria, in a tragic car accident, two years ago on March 30," Rachel Underwood, president of the Friends of the Turnbull Library said.

"Michael had a very close connection with the Turnbull Library, as a researcher and as the National Library Fellow in 1990, as a Trustee of the National Library, an exhibition curator for the National Library Gallery, and as a member of the Friends who featured on our programme of speakers and was a very loyal supporter."

The Michael King bronze will join a number of bronze heads of New Zealand writers in the Alexander Turnbull Library.

- NZPA