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Janet Frame

New Zealand author (1924-2004) · New Zealand · Writers · Died at 79

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Janet Paterson Frame was a New Zealand author. She is internationally renowned for her work, which includes novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awards including being appointed to the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civil honour.

A life in dates

2004Died29 January 20042003Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)Award1992Honorary Doctor of the University of WaikatoAward1990Order of New ZealandAward1989Commonwealth Writers' PrizeAward1983Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1978Honorary Doctor of the University of OtagoAward1965Robert Burns FellowshipAward1924Born28 August 1924

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Oamaru: Clock tower on the old Post Office, described in Frame's Owls Do Cry and her autobiography, The Envoy from Mirror CityOamaru: Clock tower on the old Post Office, described in Frame's Owls Do Cry and her autobiography, The Envoy from Mirror CitySeacliff Lunatic Asylum in the Otago region, where Frame was first committed in 1945.Seacliff Lunatic Asylum in the Otago region, where Frame was first committed in 1945.Memorial plaque dedicated to Janet Frame in Dunedin, on the Writers' Walk on the OctagonMemorial plaque dedicated to Janet Frame in Dunedin, on the Writers' Walk on the Octagon

Awards

Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)2003
Honorary Doctor of the University of Waikato1992
Order of New Zealand1990
Commonwealth Writers' Prize1989
Commander of the Order of the British Empire1983
Honorary Doctor of the University of Otago1978
Robert Burns Fellowship1965

About this person

Country
New Zealand
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2004 · aged 79

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