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Janet Frame

1924 - 2004

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Janet Paterson Frame (28 August 1924 – 29 January 2004) 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. Frame's celebrity derived from her dramatic personal history as well as her literary career. Following years of psychiatric hospitalisation, Frame was scheduled for a lobotomy that was cancelled when, just days before the procedure, her debut publication of short stories was unexpectedly awarded a national literary prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janet Frame is the 3,261st most popular writer (up from 3,828th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 37th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular New Zealander Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Janet Frame ranks 3,261 out of 7,302. Before her are Robert Fisk, Maria Dąbrowska, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Miguel Torga, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, and Heo Nanseolheon. After her are Joan Brossa, Holger Drachmann, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Amy Lowell, Rutebeuf, and Maksym Rylsky.

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Among people born in 1924, Janet Frame ranks 219. Before her are Leon Uris, Gohar Gasparyan, Ramón Castro Ruz, Gevork Vartanian, Nina Foch, and Jaime Lusinchi. After her are Genichi Taguchi, Ferdinando Terruzzi, Charles Coste, Werner Kohlmeyer, Yuri Orlov, and Aman Andom. Among people deceased in 2004, Janet Frame ranks 143. Before her are Joe Viterelli, Maxime Rodinson, Ota Šik, Ivan Hlinka, Antonio Gades, and Cem Karaca. After her are Tiziano Terzani, Arturo Tolentino, Dimebag Darrell, Muhammad Zaidan, Juan Zambudio Velasco, and Carrie Snodgress.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Janet Frame ranks 37 out of 303. Before her are Manu Bennett (1969), Clive Revill (1930), and Taika Waititi (1975). After her are Gary Thain (1948), Rob Hall (1961), Ronald Syme (1903), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Keith Urban (1967), Jacinda Ardern (1980), William Phillips (1914), Roy Kerr (1934), and Anthony Wilding (1883).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Janet Frame ranks 3. Before her are Katherine Mansfield (1888), and Richard Curtis (1956). After her are Ngaio Marsh (1895), Hugh Walpole (1884), Keri Hulme (1947), Margaret Mahy (1936), Philippa Boyens (2000), Anthony McCarten (1961), and Ruth Park (1917).

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