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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">John Selwyn Saunana</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1945<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart bday">1945</span>)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">Arosi, <a href="/wiki/Makira" title="Makira">Makira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 30, 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">2013-05-01</span>)</span> (aged 67)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="University of Papua New Guinea">University of Papua New Guinea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Writer, politician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Alternative</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Selwyn Saunana</b>, <a href="/wiki/OBE" class="mw-redirect" title="OBE">OBE</a> (1945—April 30, 2013) was a <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> writer and politician best known for the novel <i>The Alternative</i>, the first novel ever published by a Solomon Islander.<sup id="cite_ref-Simms1991_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simms1991-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PacEncyc2000_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PacEncyc2000-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Saunana&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Saunana was born in 1945 in the town of Arosi on the island of <a href="/wiki/Makira" title="Makira">Makira</a>, the third most populous of the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a>. He was educated at the King George VI School in the Solomons capital city of <a href="/wiki/Honiara" title="Honiara">Honiara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a>. He earned a bachelor's degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="University of Papua New Guinea">University of Papua New Guinea</a> in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-Simms1991_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simms1991-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PacEncyc2000_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PacEncyc2000-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Saunana&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before moving into politics, Saunana worked in a far-flung variety of jobs, including an attendant at a mental hospital, a waiter, a research assistant, and a training officer for the <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">U.S. Peace Corps</a>. He represented the Solomon Islands as an athlete at the 1969 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Games" title="Pacific Games">South Pacific Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SolIslHistEncyc-Saunana_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SolIslHistEncyc-Saunana-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PacEncyc2000_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PacEncyc2000-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_service">Civil service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Saunana&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Civil service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1977, Saunana was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the representative for West Makira. He was later appointed Minister of Education and Training, then Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-PacEncyc2000_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PacEncyc2000-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SolIslHistEncyc-Saunana_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SolIslHistEncyc-Saunana-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, he was named an <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2007_Birthday_Honours" title="2007 Birthday Honours">Birthday Honours</a> list for the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realms</a>. He received the award "for services to politics and to public administration."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literary_career">Literary career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Saunana&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Literary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though his fame rests on his novel, Saunana also published three poetry books before entering politics. His first poems and stories were published in Papua New Guinea, where he went to college.<sup id="cite_ref-Nuanua_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nuanua-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the first Solomon Islands writer to have a collection of poetry in the Papua Pocket Poets series published by the University of Papua New Guinea Press, one of the first major focuses on Pacific Islands writing. They included 1972's <i>Dragon Tree: Arosi Incantations and Songs</i>, a collection of his translations of traditional song texts in the <a href="/wiki/Arosi_language" title="Arosi language">Arosi language</a>; the book-length poem <i>Cruising Through the Reverie</i> (1972); and <i>She</i> (1973). He also appeared in (and co-edited) the 1977 anthology <i>Twenty-Four Poems of the Solomon Islands</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-CultHistReading_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CultHistReading-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Simms1991_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simms1991-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McLean1995_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLean1995-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His 1980 novel <i>The Alternative</i> was the first and remains one of the few novels to emerge from the Solomon Islands literary community (along with <a href="/wiki/Rexford_Orotaloa" title="Rexford Orotaloa">Rexford Orotaloa</a>'s <i>Two Times Resurrection</i>), which has generally produced short stories. In the journal <i>Ariel</i>, Robert Viking O'Brien has suggested that this is in part because most of the writers in the region came from the educated elite, as well as the fact that the short story is closer in spirit to the traditional tale.<sup id="cite_ref-Ariel1996_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ariel1996-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Alternative</i> is an anticolonialist work which tells the story of the independence movement in the Solomon Islands via a decade in the life of a young student in the 1960s, who finds himself caught between his traditional village life and the British-run school system.<sup id="cite_ref-McLaren1993_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLaren1993-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robert Viking O'Brien noted that "much of <i>The Alternative</i> is transparently autobiographical" and reflects Saunana's own education as well as his agreement with the goals of independence from Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-Ariel1996_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ariel1996-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jo Rudd, writing in the magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands_Monthly" title="Pacific Islands Monthly">Pacific Islands Monthly</a></i>, said that Saunana "writes with feeling and deep sympathy" for the people of the Solomons "during the difficult period of decolonization" from British rule, adding that "though the story is simply told, [...] the final effect is one of power and hope."<sup id="cite_ref-PIM1981_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PIM1981-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John D. McLaren, in <i>New Pacific Literatures: Culture and Environment in the European Pacific</i>, wrote that "The dialogue in Saunana’s novel is stilted, except when it is in the local pidgin, and we learn little of the inner motivation of the characters." However, he felt the novel effectively critiqued both the "seductive power" and the rigid authoritarian nature of European capitalism and colonialism.<sup id="cite_ref-McLaren1993_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLaren1993-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before his death, Saunana was also President of the Solomon Islands Creative Writers Association.<sup id="cite_ref-SolIslHistEncyc-Saunana_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SolIslHistEncyc-Saunana-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Saunana&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Saunana died on April 30, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-SolIslHistEncyc-Saunana_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SolIslHistEncyc-Saunana-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Saunana&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Dragon Tree: Arosi Incantation and Songs</i> (Port Moresby: Papua Pocket Poets, 1972)</li> <li><i>Cruising Through The Reverie: A Poem</i> (Port Moresby: Papua Pocket Poets, 1972)</li> <li><i>She: Poems</i> (Port Moresby: Papua Pocket Poets, 1972)</li> <li><i>Twenty-Four Poems of the Solomon Islands</i> (co-editor; Honoria: USP Centre, 1977)</li> <li><i>The Alternative</i> (Honiara: USP SI Centre, South Pacific Creative Arts Society and The Institute of Pacific Studies, 1980)<sup id="cite_ref-Simms1991_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simms1991-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Saunana1980_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunana1980-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Saunana&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Simms1991-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Simms1991_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Simms1991_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Simms1991_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Simms1991_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSimms1991" class="citation book cs1">Simms, Norman Toby (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/writersfromsouth00simm/"><i>Writers from the South Pacific: A Bio-Bibliographic Critical Encyclopedia</i></a>. 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