Janet Frame: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Janet Paterson Frame
Born August 28, 1924 • Dunedin • New Zealand
Died January 29, 2004 (aged 79) • Dunedin • New Zealand
Awards And Honors Commonwealth Book Prize (1989)
Notable Works “An Angel at My Table” • “Daughter Buffalo” • “Faces in the Water” • “In the Memorial Room” • “Intensive Care” • “Living in the Maniototo” • “Owls Do Cry” • “Scented Gardens for the Blind” • “Snowman, Snowman: Fables and Fantasies” • “The Carpathians” • “The Edge of the Alphabet” • “The Lagoon” • “The Pocket Mirror” • “The Rainbirds” • “The Reservoir: Stories and Sketches” • “Towards Another Summer” • “You Are Now Entering the Human Heart”

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