(1945) and Not Here, Not Now (1970), are set in Otago University, although Bertram says they are "among his least satisfactory works". Dan and Winnie co-authored a publication for schools by the Department of Education School Publications Branch, Writing in New Zealand: The New Zealand Novel (1956, parts 1, 2). Chris Laidlaw who used to drink with Dan in Oxford said there was "an abiding sadness about Dan; a melancholy that sprang, I think, from his frustration at being a prophet without honour in his own country. ... He was an early victim of the great New Zealand clobbering machine and often warned me to beware of this." Laidlaw quoted Davin's view that in New Zealand there is a very strong "stereotype that controls what you can say or be seen to do." Honours and awards In 1984, Davin was conferred an honorary DLitt by the University of Otago. In the 1987 New Year Honours, he was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to literature. Death Davin died in Oxford. According to Historian Rory Sweetman, who specializes in the history of the Irish in New Zealand, Davin is little remembered in Oxford, but is "cherished" in New Zealand. Books His works of fiction are: Cliffs of Fall (1945) For the Rest of Our Lives (1947) The Gorse Blooms Pale (1947, short stories) Roads from Home (1949) The Sullen Bell (1956) No Remittance (1959) Not Here, Not Now (1970) Brides of Price (1972) Breathing Spaces (1975, short stories) He also wrote some non-fiction books, including: Introduction to English Literature (1947, with John Mulgan) Crete (1953) The Official New Zealand War History Closing Times, his literary memoirs (1975, Oxford University Press) He edited the anthology: Short Stories from the Second World War (1982) He edited and wrote an introduction to: Katherine Mansfield - Selected Stories (1953, Oxford University Press) References External links Dan Davin remembered in Southland & entries in 2013 Dan Davin short story competition Auckland Library catalogue of 36 of his works Sources James Bertram, Dan Davin, Zealand Writers and Their Work series, Oxford University Press, 1983, Keith Ovenden, A Fighting Withdrawal: The Life of Dan Davin, Writer, Soldier, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996. James McNeish, Dance of the Peacocks: New Zealanders in Exile in the Time of Hitler and Mao Tse-tung, Vintage, Auckland, 2003 Janet Wilson (ed.), Intimate Stranger: Reminiscences of Dan Davin'',