Janet Frame

Janet Frame (1924–2004) was a New Zealand novelist, essayist and poet.

Also recorded as Janet Paterson Frame; Janet Paterson Frame Clutha; Janet Frame Clutha.

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Overview

Born at Dunedin in 1924, died at Dunedin in 2004.

In detail

Janet Frame studied at University of Otago and Dunedin Teachers' Training College. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is poetry and essay. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are modernism and magic realism. The authority associates the name with Postmodernism. William Styron, William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf are recorded as an influence.

Employment is recorded with Yaddo.

Works named in the authority record are The Carpathians and Owls Do Cry.

Distinctions recorded are Order of New Zealand, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, honorary doctor of the University of Waikato and Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

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    “Janet Frame”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q241215: Janet Frame

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