Frank Sargeson: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Norris Frank Davey
Born	March 23, 1903 • Hamilton • New Zealand
Died	March 1, 1982 (aged 78) • Auckland • New Zealand
Notable Works	“A Game of Hide and Seek” • “Conversations with My Uncle, and Other Sketches” • “I Saw in My Dream” • “Joy of the Worm” • “Man of England Now” • “Speaking for Ourselves” • “Sunset Village” • “That Summer”

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Dust jacket of Frank Sargeson's Joy of the Worm (1969).

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Witi Ihimaera

New Zealand author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev

Russian author

Henry James

Henry James

American writer

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

American writer

Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky

Russian writer

Graham Greene, 1982

Graham Greene

British author

Gerhart Hauptmann

Gerhart Hauptmann

German writer

Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer and diplomat

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Tibor Déry

Hungarian writer

Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832

Prosper Mérimée

French author

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Péter Nádas

Hungarian author

Bulgakov, c. 1932

Mikhail Bulgakov

Russian author

McCullers, Carson

Carson McCullers

American author

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Brendan Behan

Irish author

Dino Buzzati

Dino Buzzati

Italian author

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Fay Weldon

British author

Ivan Klíma, 2009

Ivan Klíma

Czech author

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Chingiz Aytmatov

Kyrgyz author, journalist, and diplomat