Personal details
Full Name:
- Norris Frank Davey
Lifetime:
- 23 Mar 1903–1 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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30 March 2004Historian Michael King diesHistorian 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
Historian and poet Keith Sinclair has argued that the 1950s was the decade 'when the New Zealand intellect and imagination came alive'
- 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
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Main image: Frank Sargeson’s Bach
Some of New Zealand's best mid-20th century fiction was written in this humble house on Auckland's North Shore.
