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Richard Meros is the pseudonym for a writer from Wellington, New Zealand. He is best known for the book ''On the conditions and possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as her Young Lover'' and the theatrical adaptations of his work.〔Coleman, Ewan (2012) "Good but only in parts" ''Dominion Post'', 5 October〕 First published in 2005, ''On the conditions and possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as her Young Lover'', received favourable reviews in New Zealand〔Somerset, Guy (2005) "Review" ''Dominion Post'', August〕 and international press.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shortcuts )〕 The book, often shortened to OTC&POHCTMAHYL, asked why Helen Clark, the Prime Minister at the time would want a young lover and then why the young lover would be Meros. The book is a work of metafiction as it concludes that the greatest likelihood of Meros being taken as a young lover would be if he wrote a book on the conditions and possibilities of being taken as a young lover.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mystery man - Uncategorized - The Listener )〕 The Guardian described it as ‘decidedly lascivious’〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shortcuts )〕 and the NZ Listener called it a ‘mock philosophical treatise’ before praising it as ‘the underground publishing hit of the decade’.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mystery man - Uncategorized - The Listener )〕 The book was reissued and adapted into a play of the same name in 2007,〔Laurie Atkinson (2008) Slick, wicked poke at politics, Dominion Post(reprint in Theatreview.co.nz), 17 January〕 touring nationally and was nominated for theatrical performance of the year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews - Theatreview )〕 For his role as Meros, Arthur Meek was awarded the most promising male newcomer of 2008 at the Chapman Tripp Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards - 2008 )〕 In 2015, the book was once again adapted into a play that substitutes Hillary Clinton for Helen Clark.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Exploring possibilities )〕 In 2007 Meros released ''Richard Meros salutes the Southern Man'', a pastoral account of the cultural persona of a male from the south of New Zealand’s South Island. This was adapted by the same team that made On the conditions and possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as her Young Lover and toured to positive reviews winning best touring production at the Dunedin Theatre Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Free-entry 'Play' earns theatre awards )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews - Theatreview )〕 The book was reissued for the theatrical tour with an introduction by Duncan Sarkies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=lawrence and gibson publishing collective: Richard Meros )〕 In 2008, Meros released ''Beggars and Choosers: The Complete Written Correspondence Between Creative New Zealand and Richard Meros volume one''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scoop Review Of Books » Begging to be Noticed )〕 which was followed with a second volume titled ''$30 Meat Pack'' in 2012.〔Matthews, Phillip (2013) 'Pair of Cryptic Private Jokes' Dominion Post February 2〕 When ''Privatising Parts'' was released in 2011, it was viewed by New Zealand media as a follow up to On the conditions and possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as her Young Lover.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Privatising Parts by Richard Meros and Getting Under Sail by Brannavan Gnanalingam review - Books - The Listener )〕 This book argued that if the new Prime Minister John Key did not want to lose office he would have to learn the lesson that Helen Clark did not. Meros argues that it was not his reasoning that was ineffective in the first book, but that love, itself was inefficient. He proposed that the government first nationalise love through a State Owned Enterprise and secondly privatise it.〔Burgess, Malcolm (2011) 'Small and Cheekily Formed' Dominion Post, May 11.〕 This book toured New Zealand and Australia in 2012 and 2013, through a new collaboration with Heleyni Pratley (actor/screenwriter) and Eleanor Bishop (director).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews - Theatreview )〕 Meros has released four other books since 2011 through Lawrence & Gibson in New Zealand, including novels and a textbook, though none have achieved the success of ''On the conditions and possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as her Young Lover''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=lawrence and gibson publishing collective )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Landfall Review Online: Generation Xperimental )〕 He has also written for a wide range of publications in New Zealand from current affairs magazine NZ Listener〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=‘Give me back my sandals’ - Travel - The Listener )〕 and daily newspaper the Dominion Post to arts publications White Fungus〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A stone's throw from Afghanistan )〕 and Letting Space, literary magazine Hue & Cry, and for the group Political Organisation Aotearoa. In 2015, Meros was a recipient of Eleanor Catton's Horoeka Grant. In response he wrote the essay 'New Bourgeoizealand'〔http://horoekareading.com/new-bourgeoizealand-by-richard-meros/〕 on a politics of lack and abundance in New Zealand. ==Pseudonym== Meros is a pseudonym, though it has been speculated that Meros’ real persona is either actor Arthur Meek, publisher Murdoch Stephens or one of the other members of Lawrence & Gibson publishing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Meros」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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