Please answer the following question: Alistair Ian Hughes Paterson ONZM (born 1929) is a New Zealand-born writer and poet. A long time editor of the literary journal Poetry New Zealand Paterson was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Artist