frank sargeson

Personal details

Full Name:

  • Norris Frank Davey

Lifetime:

  • 23 Mar 19031 Mar 1982
Biography

Frank Sargeson, born Norris Frank Davey in 1903, was one of New Zealand’s most celebrated writers of the 20th century.

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Events In History

  • 30 March 2004
    Historian Michael King dies

    Historian Michael King (aged 58) and his wife Maria Jungowska died in a car accident in south Waikato. King’s Penguin history of New Zealand became the most popular book of the year, and was the Readers’ Choice at the 2004 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Read more...

Articles

Making of New Zealand literature

  • Making of New Zealand literature

    Historian and poet Keith Sinclair has argued that the 1950s was the decade 'when the New Zealand intellect and imagination came alive'

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  • Page 1 - The making of New Zealand literatureHistorian and poet Keith Sinclair has argued that the 1950s was the decade 'when the New Zealand intellect and imagination came
  • Some of New Zealand's best mid-20th century fiction was written in this humble house on Auckland's North Shore.

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